'83 Dutchmen
PETER ALLAN: Dancing on the Lip of the Volcano
No one in our class was more impacted by the popularity of Studio 54 in the early 1980s than Peter Allan, who says he partied all night and came to school for his 8:30 class "more than once, but less than 10 times." It's a miracle he survived (if, in fact, he did)! Again and again, he seems to have taken away the completely wrong message from certain events and experiences—sometimes actively seeking them out!—and yet he has managed to live a pretty successful—some might say charmed—life. He's a great example of a guy who started to blossom into his adult self after he left Collegiate. Consequently, Taylor Mali is almost startled at the level of humility, honesty, reflection, and humor that Peter brings to this amazing interview. Alternate titles for this episode included "Buffalo Cookies," "Shimmy-Shimmy," and "PETER ALLAN: Unrealistically Confident." Click here to see Peter speaking in 2007 at the memorial service of his stepfather, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. (go to 57:55, right before Bill Clinton)! Listen all the way to the end of this episode to learn why it is being uploaded two days early!
Although you must be a member of the Collegiate class of 1983 to join our WhatsApp group, anyone can make a donation to the school here: https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/25715/donations/new
No one in our class was more impacted by the popularity of Studio 54 in the early 1980s than Peter Allan, who says he partied all night and came to school for his 8:30 class "more than once, but less than 10 times." It's a miracle he survived (if, in fact, he did)! Again and again, he seems to have taken away the completely wrong message from certain events and experiences—sometimes actively seeking them out!—and yet he has managed to live a pretty successful—some might say charmed—life. He's a great example of a guy who started to blossom into his adult self after he left Collegiate. Consequently, Taylor Mali is almost startled at the level of humility, honesty, reflection, and humor that Peter brings to this amazing interview. Alternate titles for this episode included "Buffalo Cookies," "Shimmy-Shimmy," and "PETER ALLAN: Unrealistically Confident." Click here to see Peter speaking in 2007 at the memorial service of his stepfather, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. (go to 57:55, right before Bill Clinton)! Listen all the way to the end of this episode to learn why it is being uploaded two days early!
Although you must be a member of the Collegiate class of 1983 to join our WhatsApp group, anyone can make a donation to the school here: https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/25715/donations/new