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Bolivar House and Ronald Hilton, 1964 ... (David Pike, -France, 03/15/14 7:05 am) John Eipper asked Richard Hancock and me (11 March) to "send a memory or two of those times" at Bolívar House. Richard has already replied. John's discussion began with the dress ...
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Latin American Studies at Stanford ... (Richard Hancock, USA, 03/14/14 8:00 am) On 11 March, JE asked for my comments on Stanford's Bolívar House. That was after my time. I left Stanford in May of 1959. I did write the president of Stanford, asking him not to ...
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"Apologia Hiltoniana," 1949 ... (John Eipper, USA, 03/13/14 3:15 pm) New content for WAIS has been slow today, which I take as an invitation to share more of my finds in the Ronald Hilton Archives at Stanford's Hoover Institution. Today's installment is a charm ...
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Decorum at Stanford in the 1960s ... (Henry Levin, USA, 03/12/14 11:03 am) Following up on JE's post of the Bolivar House dress code (11 March), I joined the faculty of Stanford in 1968. By then the rules of "decorum" had faded as accoutrements of a gilded age ...
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Bolivar House Dress Code, 1964 ... (Michael Sullivan, USA, 03/12/14 9:51 am) In response to JE's comments of 11 March, America and the world truly miss citizens like Ronald Hilton for their brilliance, work ethics, morals and civility. JE comments: These qualities ar ...
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Bolivar House Dress Code, 1964 ... (John Eipper, USA, 03/11/14 1:38 pm) Bolivar House, founded by Prof. Hilton, was the home of Stanford's Institute of Hispanic-American and Luso-Brazilian Studies, which produced the Hispanic-American Report from 1948-&# ...
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