November 22, 1963: A Reflection Nearing the 60th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, David J. Greenblatt ’66 recalls how it reverberated on Amherst’s campus.
November 22, 1963 “Four weeks ago he was here. We saw him; we heard him; and we knew him. He was one of us, for he was our most recent alumnus … Now he is gone.” Cal Plimpton addressed a grim college community in Johnson Chapel on the evening of Nov. 22. His voice
