January 31, 2006

Goldman '71 remembers Wasserstein

In a Bloomberg.com article published yesterday, Henry Goldman ‘71 recalls his memories of the late Wendy Wasserstein.

We met 35 years ago when she volunteered to take a year’s leave from Mount Holyoke as one of 20 from all-women colleges to place a female foot in the door of all-male Amherst College. Expecting parties galore, she found herself in a more harrowing situation — as one of that band of sisters among 1,200 men — than she or any of her women colleagues had bargained for.

Wasserstein, a Pulitzer and Tony award-winning playwright, died yesterday at 55.

Brian Meacham '97 | January 31, 2006 09:08 PM | Alumni

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