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Photograph of Payne Whitney Gymnasium by Desiree D. Briel of
Durango, Colorado, Yale Class of 2003. The Payne Whitney Gymnasium
was given to Yale University by John Hay Whitney, Yale Class of
1926, in honor of his father Payne Whitney, Yale Class of 1898. He
was the father of the crew cut - went into a local barbershop and
asked for a "Hindenburg" military cut to maximize his rowing
performance. The barber suggested it would be better to give it a
new name, since German words were still unpopular in the aftermath
of World War I. He called it the "crew cut" to honor Yale oarsmen.
His grandson Jonathan Newcomb Swirsky Whitney and Anthony Morris
Johnson (son of Robert Leland Johnson) were best of friends at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where they both graduated on
Friday, June 8, 2001, with a Bachelor of Science in Computer
Science and Engineering (Course VI-3). The Wednesday before
graduation an international coterie that he and Anthony had formed
(they having both spent a good deal of time in Europe and both
spoke native French), gave a reception for the parents of the
graduating seniors. It was there that Robert Leland Johnson first
met him with questions about Yale, little knowing who he really
was. The next day he revealed his identity with the mention of the
Payne Whitney Gymnasium as we all talked in front of the Stratton
Student Center. Anthony later asked, "Well, what do you think of my
friends?"
Photograph of Payne Whitney Gymnasium by Desiree D. Briel of
Durango, Colorado, Yale Class of 2003. The Payne Whitney Gymnasium
was given to Yale University by John Hay Whitney, Yale Class of
1926, in honor of his father Payne Whitney, Yale Class of 1898. He
was the father of the crew cut - went into a local barbershop and
asked for a "Hindenburg" military cut to maximize his rowing
performance. The barber suggested it would be better to give it a
new name, since German words were still unpopular in the aftermath
of World War I. He called it the "crew cut" to honor Yale oarsmen.
His grandson Jonathan Newcomb Swirsky Whitney and Anthony Morris
Johnson (son of Robert Leland Johnson) were best of friends at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where they both graduated on
Friday, June 8, 2001, with a Bachelor of Science in Computer
Science and Engineering (Course VI-3). The Wednesday before
graduation an international coterie that he and Anthony had formed
(they having both spent a good deal of time in Europe and both
spoke native French), gave a reception for the parents of the
graduating seniors. It was there that Robert Leland Johnson first
met him with questions about Yale, little knowing who he really
was. The next day he revealed his identity with the mention of the
Payne Whitney Gymnasium as we all talked in front of the Stratton
Student Center. Anthony later asked, "Well, what do you think of my
friends?"
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