Re: Gates Overshadows MIT LCS 35th Anniversary

Tim Byars (tbyars@earthlink.net)
Tue, 13 Apr 1999 18:29:40 -0700


At 5:51 PM -0400 4/13/99, Sally Khudairi wrote:
>Sad to see local news coverage of Gates' visit today at MIT to celebrate
>the 35th anniversary of the Laboratory for Computer Science.
>
>Predictably, the press angle focused on Gates' honking donation to help
>build "a computer research laboratory". And as a result, the impression
>was that MIT held an event to celebrate this philanthropic act.

Yes Sally. MIT will now be known as MSMIT. The announcement is expected in
a day or so.

Tim

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