#Mit brass rat bottle opener movie#

Of course, MIT doesn't have Latin honors, or a valedictorian, or class rank, or anything like that.

#Mit brass rat bottle opener movie#

In the movie version, they say that Stark graduated 'summa cum laude' from MIT. Tony is a boy genius, entering MIT at the age of 15, and graduating at the top of his class. According to the Wikipedia bio, this is Stark's background:ДЄnthony Stark was born on Long Island, the son of Howard Stark, a wealthy industrialist and head of Stark Industries, and Maria Stark. Tony Stark, be an MIT alum got me interested in the movie. Hold on, what was that? On his finger in both pictures? But last month, I heard from my friend Wally, via my friend Lisa, about photo stills from the movie that caught my attention: Most movies like this go by without my notice. I must admit, I'm not generally a big comic book superhero fan, and I hadn't even heard of Iron Man until only recently. If youвЂ™re an alum and you have a Brass Rat that is missing a photo here, definitely send it to me, IвЂ™d love to add it and make this as complete a database as possible.On Friday, the movie Iron Man opened (and opened big: a $100 million opening weekend). *Photos are from the respective websites of the Ring Committees.

The Class of 1975 Brass Rat (thanks David!) IвЂ™m updating his list here with the additions of the вЂ™12-вЂ™17 bezels and older bezels going all the way back to the original Standard Technology Ring. He then updated it again in 2009 with the addition of the вЂ™11 Brass Rat, but not since. An updated versionВ was published in 2008 that added the вЂ™00, вЂ™09, вЂ™10 bezels. After a quick history of the Brass Rat, Matt catalogs all of the bezels from вЂ™01 to вЂ™08. One of my favorite MIT Admissions blog posts is Matt McGannвЂ™s вЂњ A bevy of Beautiful brass Rat bezelsвЂњ, published in 2006. Serving on the 2017 Ring Committee, I spent a lot of time closely inspecting and growing a deep love for the uniqueness of each of the different Brass Rats. The committee strives to design a ring that we, as students, can take pride in, and which will, upon graduation, unite us all as graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since then, each class has appointed its own Ring Committee to uphold these time-honored traditions. With that in mind, along with the fact that many other schools had buildings similar to our Great Dome, the Committee ultimately decided to honor our hard-working and industrious mascot on the ring, allowing the class of 1930 to proudly wear the first-ever Standard Technology Ring, lovingly referred to as the Brass Rat.

The beaver is noted for his engineering, mechanical skills, and industry. The beaver not only typifies the Tech, but his habits are peculiarly our own. HornadyвЂ™s book on the animals of North America and instantly chose the beaver. But neither of these were American animals. He is wise, patient, strong, hardworking, and, like all who graduate from Tech, has a good hide. We first thought of the kangaroo which, like Tech, goes forward in leaps and bounds. The Committee looked to the original discussion over the mascot, calling upon the now-famous defense of the beaver by Lester Gardner, class of 1897. They couldnвЂ™t decide whether to put the beaver or the Dome on the bezel of ring. Brigham Allen brought together a member from each of the Classes of 1930, 1931, and 1932 to design a ring that the Institute Committee would approve as the Standard Technology Ring. The tradition began in the spring of 1929 when senior class president C. Legend has it that it is the third most recognized ring in the world, after the Superbowl Ring and the Pope Ring. At Commencement, the ring is flipped over so that the beaver is sitting on the world. MIT students get theirs sophomore year and wear the beaver вЂњsittingвЂќ on them until graduation.