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Camp Greylock

Summer camp in Becket, Massachusetts

Summer camp in Becket, Massachusetts

Camp Greylock is a boys' summer camp located in Becket, Massachusetts, United States. The land was purchased in the fall of 1915, and its opening summer was 1916. Its founders were three brothers, George, Gabriel ("Doc"), and Lou Mason. It is currently the oldest continuously operating, private, all-boys' summer camp in Massachusetts.

Notable campers and staff

Notable campers and staff of Camp Greylock include:

  • Stephen Albert, composer and Pulitzer Prize winner
  • Jacob M. Appel, writer and playwright
  • Eliot Asinof, author
  • Alistair Burt, member of Parliament
  • Sam Coslow, composer
  • R.J. Cutler, filmmaker, documentarian, television producer and theater director
  • Robert Evans, movie producer
  • Peter Falk, actor
  • Douglas Feith, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy for United States President George W. Bush
  • Lawrence Frank, NBA Basketball Coach and former head coach of the Nets & Pistons
  • Michael Gordon, stage actor; stage and film director
  • Peter Grosz, comedian
  • David Hallyday, singer and automobile car racer
  • Lawrence Halprin, architect
  • Joseph Hirsch, painter
  • Nat Holman, Basketball Hall of Fame player and coach
  • Walter Hoving, businessman
  • Conrad Janis, actor
  • Julian Koenig, advertiser
  • Eric Ladin, actor
  • Edward Lampert, businessman and chairman of Sears Holding Corporation
  • Lewis Lehrman, historian, author, and gubernatorial candidate
  • Alan Jay Lerner, Broadway lyricist
  • Fredric Lieberman, author and musicologist
  • Josh Malina, actor
  • Stanley Marcus, businessman
  • Swede Masin, legendary high school and college athlete, and subject of a Phillip Roth novel
  • Billy Mills, Olympic gold medalist
  • James Newman, actor
  • Ron Perelman, businessman
  • Marc E. Platt, film, television and theatre producer
  • George R. Roberts, businessman
  • Darren Rovell, broadcaster
  • Josh Safdie, filmmaker
  • Lionel Stander, actor in films, radio, theater and television; Golden Globe award winner
  • Julian Steward, anthropologist and developer of theories of cultural ecology and cultural change
  • Jonathan Tisch, businessman
  • Michael Weiner, Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Players Association
  • Bruce Weitz, actor
  • Stuart Weitzman, shoe designer
  • David L. Wolper, television and film producer, Academy Award winner

References

References

  1. ''Berkshire Eagle'', July 15, 2005 p. 11
  2. "Getting Personal" ''Greylock Beacon'', January 1, 1949, 24
  3. flyleaf: ''Jacob Appel, Beyond Marathon'' (University Editions, 1991)
  4. link. "". (May 2022)
  5. ''Sam Coslow, Cocktails for Two: The Many Lives of Giant Songwriter Sam Coslow'' (Arlington House, 1977)
  6. "L.A. Confidential" Tennis, March 2003, 41.
  7. "Peter Falk Made Stage Debut at Camp" http://www.summercampculture.com/peter-falks-stage-debut-at-summer-camp/ {{Webarchive. link. (2012-04-25 retrieved 10-27-2011 and Peter Falk, ''Just One More Thing: Stories From My Life'' (Carroll & Graf, 2006), 12.)
  8. "Little Orphan Larry," ''New York Post'', February 8, 2004
  9. http://mycampfriends.com/pages/more_camp_videos/121.php {{Webarchive. link. (2011-12-21 , retrieved 10-27-2011)
  10. Mason, Gabriel R., ''Gabriel Blows His Horn'', (Philadelphia, Dorrance & Company, 1972), 53
  11. York, The City College of New. (2015-12-05). "Nat Holman The Man, His Legacy, and CCNY".
  12. Gabriel R. Mason "Down Memory Lane", ''Greylock Beacon'', January 1, 1941, 3 and "The Executive Life: And No One Mentions The Many Mosquitoes," ''New York Times'', June 14, 1992
  13. "Good News is Tops," ''Greylock Daily Beacon'', 20 August 1942, 1.
  14. ''This American Life'', episode 383, "Origin Story"
  15. http://www.campgreylock.com/covers_1993.php {{Webarchive. link. (2012-02-18 , retrieved 10-27-2011)
  16. “Mooning Over Camp,” ''On the Avenue'', 18 February 1989, 18
  17. "Archived copy".
  18. Katherine Bowers "Back to Basics," ''Boston Common Magazine'', Summer 2008, 139
  19. "Billy Mills Captivates the Crowd," ''Greylock Beacon'', July 10, 2008, 1
  20. (2011-02-05). "JAMES NEWMAN {{!}} PICTURES {{!}} SHIRTLESS {{!}} INFO {{!}} SKINS MTV".
  21. "Scouts Show Budding Ring Stars," ''Greylock Daily Beacon'', July 12, 1952, 1
  22. "Classic Sports Posters Hit The Market Again," CNBC Sportsbiz, June 10, 2011, https://www.cnbc.com/id/43359147 [https://www.cnbc.com/2011/06/10/classic-sports-posters-hit-the-market-again.html], retrieved 10-27-2011
  23. "Instagram".
  24. "Old Timers News Page," ''Greylock Beacon'', January 1, 1946, 25.
  25. Katherine Bowers "Back to Basics," ''Boston Common Magazine'', Summer 2008, 139 and "The Executive Life: And No One Mentions The Many Mosquitoes," ''New York Times'', June 14, 1992
  26. "Alumni: Archives".
  27. "Junior Side Personals," ''Greylock Beacon'', January 1, 1952, 32
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