IF female graduate, look for first two initials only, last name may have changed with marriage.Īlso: look for dropouts. So, IF male graduate, look for those intials in Master's Programs in 1967, 1966, 1965 IF it's a woman's ring, and size means 'probably' not (But MIT students are not typical, are they, looking at you Margaret Hamilton, Lunar Lander Software designer with a multithreading multitasking hand written operating system in 1968 in about 8 K of memory, HELLO) Seems like the initials, the master's degree, and the dates narrow it way down. This indicates that the ring was for someone who pursued a Master of Science degree at MIT.Īnd ring is fairly new (so 1966-1967 classes of Master's Students?) One side panel bears “S M,” for the recipient of a Master of Science degree from MIT.

Hand-engraved inside the band are the initials J.T.M. Good places to start might be if someone can find a students database from the mid 1960s, and/or a list of people in Adams' platoon (or whatever the organizational word is for group of people in the military) who might match those JTM initials. There are initials engraved on the ring, and a fairly short timespan it could be from, so it seems like it would be possible to figure out how Adams came into possession of it and from whom.Īnd more info about MIT class rings in general can be found on this dedicated Wikipedia page: Certainly, whoever originally received the ring would be thrilled to have their ring returned, or if said person is now deceased, it would be nice to get it back to their family.

Many graduates wear their ring every day, and it's a good way for us to spot each other out in the world. MIT has a strong tradition surrounding their class rings - it's not a silly gaudy thing that nobody wears.

Mit brass rat class ring 1976