Harold Everett Porter

He was characterised in a review in the rival Harvard Crimson as a "noble graduate of 1907, with a bank account, a tender heart and too much leisure.

[1] Heffron retired in June 1922 after 40 years' connection with the teaching staff of the medical school, 15 of them as dean.

[8] After their separation/divorce she went back to the States with their three children, and became involved (as Mrs. Harold Everett Porter) with luncheons and dinners for the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the Copley-Plaza Hotel.

[9] Porter was evidently a great lover of classical music, and the following lines (which originally appeared in Life magazine in 1913) evoke memories of his favourite operas, singers and musicians.

O carmen jadlowker dalmorès O lucia sextetta bizet; O dippel caruso dolores, Gioconda, o andré-caplet.

Ah, verdi, pagliacc' trovatore, Aida fremstad meyerbeer; Pol plançon and that tells the story, The opera season is here.