04-04-2024, 05:46 PM
I liked Caspar because he railed against USNWR. I didn't like Caspar because he refused to follow through. (He threatened that Stanford would no longer submit data, but obviously they did and still do.)
I liked Hennessey because one of my former professors was serving as a dean when I guest lectured for him and I was introduced. Hennessey seemed genuinely interested in what I was doing, what my lecture was about, and why I bothered to wear a sport coat.
I never liked Kennedy because he spilled a drink on me during that half hour they hosted incoming grad students at the Hoover House and he was kind of an asshole about it. (I may have cracked a joke. It is possible. And he's not the only high-powered person to spill a drink on my shoes. Senator Feinstein did the same during the 100th anniversary block party for the Flood Building in SF. She at least apologized and laughed at my lame joke, which was probably the same lame joke. Grace Slick also spilled a drink on me from the stage once. No interaction on that one.) It also didn't help that he bungled his testimony in front of Congress over the indirect cost recovery controversy, which in turn ruined the front page of the Examiner on my daughter's birth date, because in my family you save the birth date paper. "STANFORD GRILLED IN FRONT OF CONCRESS" I'm pretty sure I tossed it the last time we cleaned out the garage.
MTL seemed like a flaming mess, but I never met the guy or cared to meet the guy.
No opinions on the others.
I liked Hennessey because one of my former professors was serving as a dean when I guest lectured for him and I was introduced. Hennessey seemed genuinely interested in what I was doing, what my lecture was about, and why I bothered to wear a sport coat.
I never liked Kennedy because he spilled a drink on me during that half hour they hosted incoming grad students at the Hoover House and he was kind of an asshole about it. (I may have cracked a joke. It is possible. And he's not the only high-powered person to spill a drink on my shoes. Senator Feinstein did the same during the 100th anniversary block party for the Flood Building in SF. She at least apologized and laughed at my lame joke, which was probably the same lame joke. Grace Slick also spilled a drink on me from the stage once. No interaction on that one.) It also didn't help that he bungled his testimony in front of Congress over the indirect cost recovery controversy, which in turn ruined the front page of the Examiner on my daughter's birth date, because in my family you save the birth date paper. "STANFORD GRILLED IN FRONT OF CONCRESS" I'm pretty sure I tossed it the last time we cleaned out the garage.
MTL seemed like a flaming mess, but I never met the guy or cared to meet the guy.
No opinions on the others.