Summary of Don Lattin's The Harvard Psychedelic Club

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#1 Nine years ago, Richard Alpert, an assistant professor in clinical psychology at Harvard University, nearly flunked out of college. But he was the one who wanted to be a psychologist, not his father. He was accepted into medical school, but he refused it. He wanted to be a psychologist.

#2 Richard Alpert, the author, was a professor at Stanford University. He was also gay, and he struggled to hide that fact during his time there.

#3 In the late 1950s, Alpert was working at Harvard and finishing up a research project at Stanford. He had almost gotten used to dividing his life between an East Coast and West Coast existence. But when he was offered a job at Harvard, he took it.

#4 Alpert was a professor at Harvard, and he had a close friendship with one of his students, Jim Fadiman. Fadiman was a virgin, and he didn’t think of himself as either heterosexual or homosexual. But his roommate seemed to be interested in all of those things.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 18, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822520820

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Nine years ago, Richard Alpert, an assistant professor in clinical psychology at Harvard University, nearly flunked out of college. But he was the one who wanted to be a psychologist, not his father. He was accepted into medical school, but he refused it. He wanted to be a psychologist.

#2

Richard Alpert, the author, was a professor at Stanford University. He was also gay, and he struggled to hide that fact during his time there.

#3

In the late 1950s, Alpert was working at Harvard and finishing up a research project at Stanford. He had almost gotten used to dividing his life between an East Coast and West Coast existence. But when he was offered a job at Harvard, he took it.

#4

Alpert was a professor at Harvard, and he had a close friendship with one of his students, Jim Fadiman. Fadiman was a virgin, and he didn’t think of himself as either heterosexual or homosexual. But his roommate seemed to be interested in all of those things.

#5

Richard’s life was fairly content, but he was alienated and depressed. He ate more, collected more possessions, and collected more appointments and positions. He was the professor at Harvard and everybody stood around in awe and listened to his every word. But he felt the horror that he didn’t know.

#6

On his thirty-fifth birthday, Timothy Leary woke up to find a note on his wife’s pillow. It read, My darling, I cannot live without your love. I have loved life, but through