Camp Greylock

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.[1]

Notable campers and staff

Notable campers and staff of Camp Greylock include:

• Stephen Albert, composer and Pulitzer Prize winner[2]
• Jacob M. Appel, writer and playwright[3]
• Eliot Asinof, author [4]
• Alistair Burt, member of Parliament
• Sam Coslow, composer [5]
• R.J. Cutler, filmmaker, documentarian, television producer and theater director
• Robert Evans, movie producer[6]
• Peter Falk, actor [7]
• 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[8]
• Michael Gordon, stage actor; stage and film director
• Peter Grosz, comedian [9]
• David Hallyday, singer and automobile car racer
• Lawrence Halprin, architect [10]
• Joseph Hirsch, painter [11]
• Nat Holman, Basketball Hall of Fame player and coach[12]
• Walter Hoving, businessman [13]
• Conrad Janis, actor [14]
• Julian Koenig, advertiser[15]
• Eric Ladin, actor [16]
• Edward Lampert, businessman and chairman of Sears Holding Corporation
• Lewis Lehrman, historian, author, and gubernatorial candidate
• Alan Jay Lerner, Broadway lyricist[17]
• Fredric Lieberman, author and musicologist
• Josh Malina, actor[18]
• Stanley Marcus, businessman [19]
• Swede Masin, legendary high school and college athlete, and subject of a Phillip Roth novel
• Billy Mills, Olympic gold medalist[20]
• James Newman, actor [21]
• Ron Perelman, businessman [22]
• Marc E. Platt, film, television and theatre producer
• George R. Roberts, businessman [23]
• Darren Rovell, broadcaster[24]
• Lionel Stander, actor in films, radio, theater and television; Golden Globe award winner[25]
• Julian Steward, anthropologist and developer of theories of cultural ecology and cultural change
• Jonathan Tisch, businessman[26]
• Michael Weiner, Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Players Association[27]
• Bruce Weitz, actor [28]
• Stuart Weitzman, shoe designer [29]
• David L. Wolper, television and film producer, Academy Award winner

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. http://www.campgreylock.com/alumni_archives_redgrey.php retrieved 10-27-2011
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/ 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 Archived 2011-12-21 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 10-27-2011
10. http://www.campgreylock.com/alumni_archives_redgrey.php retrieved 10-27-2011
11. Mason, Gabriel R., Gabriel Blows His Horn, (Philadelphia, Dorrance & Company, 1972), 53
12. Nat Holman: The Man, His Legacy and CCNY, http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/library/exhibitions/holman/the_1920s_pop1.html Archived 2012-06-03 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 10-27-2011
13. 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
14. "Good News is Tops," Greylock Daily Beacon, 20 August 1942, 1.
15. This American Life, episode 383, "Origin Story"
16. http://www.campgreylock.com/covers_1993.php Archived 2012-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 10-27-2011
17. “Mooning Over Camp,” On the Avenue, 18 February 1989, 18
18. "Joshua Malina: Backwash Comes Together," Crackle blog, http://www.crackle.com/blog/joshua-malina-backwash-comes-together/, retrieved 10-27-2011
19. Katherine Bowers "Back to Basics," Boston Common Magazine, Summer 2008, 139
20. "Billy Mills Captivates the Crowd," Greylock Beacon, July 10, 2008, 1
21. "Hello Newman" Greylock Beacon, August 7, 2007, 1-2 and http://life-gay.blogspot.com/2011/02/james-newman-pictures-shirtless-info.html?zx=4ac8eb7e1e4822af, retrieved 10-27-2011
22. Katherine Bowers "Back to Basics," Boston Common Magazine, Summer 2008, 139
23. "Scouts Show Budding Ring Stars," Greylock Daily Beacon, July 12, 1952, 1
24. "Classic Sports Posters Hit The Market Again," CNBC Sportsbiz, June 10, 2011, https://www.cnbc.com/id/43359147, retrieved 10-27-2011
25. "Old Timers News Page," Greylock Beacon, January 1, 1946, 25.
26. 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
27. http://www.campgreylock.com/alumni_archives_redgrey.php
28. “Mooning Over Camp,” On the Avenue, 18 February 1989, 18
29. "Junior Side Personals," Greylock Beacon, January 1, 1952, 32

External links

• Camp Greylock official website