 MICHAEL ANTHONY CURRAN
b. December 4, 1938 (Northampton, MA) - d. April 21, 2015 (Arlington, MA)
Prepared for Harvard at Portsmouth Priory School
Member of Quincy House
Majored in Slavic languages and literature @ Harvard
While a Harvard student, tutored at Phillips Brooks House; belonged to the Catholic Club, Cercle Francais, the Slavic Society, and Experimenters in International Living.
A big fan of Harvard (History) Professor Oscar Handlin
A linguist -- Russian, Spanish, French, Hungarian
Lived in the Soviet Union after graduation; also lived in Poland
Got a Ph.D. from Harvard -- was on faculty at University of Illinois
Worked for Data Resources Inc. of McGraw-Hill in Lexington - economic data/economic analysis Retired by the year 2000 (our 40th)
In recent years, living in Arlington, Massachusetts, Michael talked about Harvard and his Harvard education a lot with his friends -- displayed proudly his Harvard thesis and diploma
Quite a reader - had a large quantity of books, many in Russian (Trotsky, Nabokov, ---) knew well Michael S. Flier, Harvard Director of Graduate Studies; Oleksandr Potebnja Professor of Ukrainian Philology
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