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Asia Notes

Asia Notes, Summer 2000

In 2000, Prof. Tai, the RSEA Chair at the time, reflected on the first 50 years of RSEA for the Summer 2000 edition of the HEAS newsletter, Asia Notes. Click the link to read more.


My entire career would not have been possible without the two wonderful years that I spent at Harvard RSEA. It provided a superb foundation for the lifetime of learning that has followed.

RSEA ’81 Alum

Students celebrating Thanksgiving in Conant Hall in November 2001.
Students pictured from right to left: Akiko (Takata) Walley ’04, Jimok Kim ’03, Chera Kee ’03, Aidan Grey, Jae-Yon Lee ’03.

“We’re celebrating Thanksgiving in Conant Hall in November 2001. That would have been our first semester at Harvard (and the first Thanksgiving ever for three of the group). I remember that we walked up to a market in Porter Square the day before and carried all of our ingredients, including a large turkey, back to the dorm. We then spent Thanksgiving morning cooking turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, rolls, and green beans in the very small kitchen on the first floor of Conant. As I recall, it was a delicious meal and a very fun time.”

Chera Kee, ’03