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1. John C. Staniunas, MBA '49 says:

   The photo is of a Harbus News Banquet in 1948 (see page 79 in the 1948 yearbook). Jack Valenti, the Texan, thanks fellow newsmen for the copy of Dahl's Boston and delivers a farewell exposé. Editor Stace Widdicombe makes the presentation. At the far right is tall, dark-haired John S. McCormack, managing editor. I'm sitting with a back view, second from the right (holding a cigarette). At my back is Anson Klauber; at my right elbow is Jim Climo, my roommate, who wrote "Hot Dope" (the successor to "Cold Dope") the following year when I was president of the Harbus News. The traditional Harbus Banquet was held at the Faculty Club.

   Mar 16, 2008 06:31 PM EST

2. Keith Larson, Faculty/Staff says:

   Thanks to John Staniunas (MBA ’49), who said the photo is of a Harbus News banquet, at which Jack Valenti (MBA 3/’48) is thanking Harbus editor Stace Widdicombe (MBA 6/’48) and the others for the book Dahl’s Boston. Staniunas wrote: At the “far right is tall, dark-haired John McCormick (MBA 6/’48), managing editor. I’m sitting with a back view, second from the right (holding a cigarette). At my back is Anson Klauber (MBA ’49), and at my right elbow is Jim Climo (MBA ’49), my roommate, who wrote the ‘Hot Dope’ [column], the successor to ‘Cold Dope,’ the following year when I was president of the Harbus News. The traditional Harbus banquet was held at the Faculty Club.” And thanks to George Hanford (MBA 3/’43), who identified himself in profile in front of the book and his classmate Ned Pugh “sitting under the lower-right corner of the picture” next to Widdicombe. Pugh and Hanford were assistant deans in 1948. The photo appeared in the 1948 Annual Report yearbook, page 79.

   May 23, 2008 02:11 PM EST