[MGSA-L] This is my son. He speaks Greek.

[Allen, Peter S.]

Of course, Ted Turner was kicked out of Brown in his soph. or jr. year for having a girl in his room (against the rules then).  He did not return to Brown as an undergraduate, but Brown did give him an honorary degree (trying to tap into his billions, undoubtedly).

Peter S. Allen
Department of Anthropology
Rhode Island College
Providence, RI  02908
401-456-9639
Fax: 401-456-9736

From: John Maas [mailto:jrmaas at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 10:44 PM
To: mgsa-l at UCI.EDU
Subject: [MGSA-L] This is my son. He speaks Greek.

In 1957, at 18 years of age, future billionaire and founder of CNN<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN>, Ted Turner<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Turner>, informed his father that he would be majoring in Classics<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classics> after being inspired by a professor at Brown University<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_University>. His father was furious to say the least, and responded to his son's announcement with the following despairing letter - a letter which Ted later sent to the college paper in retaliation, who then reprinted it in full.
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/07/this-is-my-son-he-speaks-greek.html
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