re: Name an alum from your alma mater and something cool he or she

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Timothy Francis Leary

Once called the ‘Most Dangerous Man in America’ by President Richard Nixon. Timothy Leary was a Harvard University lecturer and a psychologist who advocated the use of psychedelic drugs for therapeutic use

He started conducting experiments on the effects of psychedelic drugs on human subjects in Harvard University, an act which led to his dismissal from the job. Soon he became a passionate advocate of these drugs and even founded The League for Spiritual Discovery, a religious organization that regarded LSD as its holy sacrament.

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Mel Allen

An American sportscaster, best known for his long tenure as the primary play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees. During the peak of his career in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, Allen was arguably the most prominent member of his profession, his voice familiar to millions. Years after his death, he is still promoted as having been "The Voice of the Yankees."

Allen appeared in a cameo role in the 1988 Comedy film The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!.

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