Torch carried by Richard Bennink, A.B. 1938, in the Tercentenary Parade, September 17, 1936.
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Harvard University
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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...
Bennink, Richard E., 1917-
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CDR Richard E. Bennink served in WWII where he was boat commander, USS Heywood at the landings at Gavutu and Tanambogo Islands in August 1942. From the description of Reminiscence, August 1942. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 730473617 Bennink was born in 1917, and graduated from Harvard University and the Navy ROTC in 1938, when he was commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve that June. He reported for active duty on 6 June 1941, and over the next four y...
