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Sunday, 25 June
Alan P. Symonds, 59
Profession: Technical director of Harvard College theater programs; founder and operator of the freshman arts program at Harvard; research scientist; held a patent for a theater lighting system.
Degree: A.B. ’69 from Harvard.
Magnum Opuses: Planned the lighting for the original Woodstock festival; designed a lighting system for the New England Aquarium that would encourage penguins to mate.
Quote: “For literally thousands of Harvard students over decades, Alan was the heart and soul of college theater. He was extremely bright, affable and enthusiastic, and when it came to all aspects of technical theater—from set, sound and lighting design to implementation—he was truly expert.”
Death: June 21, 2006, of a heart attack, in Cambridge, Mass.
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