John Kerry’s visit by the numbers

2017 – the year when, in the fall, Mr. John Kerry is to be a Distinguished Fellow of Global Affairs at Yale and oversee the Kerry Initiative.

1 – the number of hours before Distinguished Fellow Mr. John Kerry was to bless Yale with his words and dashing good looks, when Eventbrite informed me that the event would not occur due to “inclement weather.”

36 – other people in the U.S. named John Kerry

36 – people I called to come to campus and give a last minute talk and save the John Kerry legacy, and prove that he is the Distinguished Fellow we all know he is.

66 – Distinguished Fellow Mr. John Kerry’s class year; also, the number of house I will wait in line at Barnes and Noble to get him to sign my copy of his forthcoming memoir, “A Fellow Distinguished Among The Rest”