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Josh Dillon
Badge: 1431
Hometown: Highland Park, IL
Year: 2009
Major: Physics, History and Philosophy of Science
Interests and Extracurricular Activities: Philosophy (Existentialism, Utilitarianism, Metaphysics), Improv Comedy, NPR, Horrendously Bad Movies, Indie Music, Seemingly Impossible Physics Problems
Short Bio: I was born in Chicago on September 8th, 1986 at 10:46 PM. I've lived almost my entire life in Highland Park, a suburb less than an hour north of the city along the lake. I was raised Reformed Jewish. I've lead a pretty consistent life, living in one suburb with one consistent group of best friends since middle school. I've spent most of my summers academically, culminating in the Summer Science Program in New Mexico in 2004. Short biographies are hard, so I'll conclude with the fact that I have one sister, Molly, and two cats, Whiskers and Pepe.
Reason I Joined Phi Psi: Like virtually every other Phi Psi at Stanford, I never expected to join a fraternity. But as I met people who turned out to be Phi Psis and found myself and many of my friends from Alondra rushing--at the gentle encouragement of our HPAC Phil Aguilar--Phi Psi made a lot of sense. I've enjoyed it immensely thus far, just as I had hoped I would.
Favorite Music: The Beatles, Wilco, Radiohead, The Flaming Lips, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Modest Mouse, Pink Floyd, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Shins, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, They Might Be Giants, The White Stripes, The Who, Yes, The Unicrons, The Arcade Fire, The New Pornographers, Silver Jews, Sufjan Stevens, Spoon, The Islands, Andrew Bird, Wolf Parade, Mountain Goats, The Decemberists
Favorite Book: Oh the Places You'll Go, 1984, The Republic, Farenheit 451, Hamlet, The Stranger, The Plague, No Exit, The Giver, The Martian Chronicles, The Elegant Universe, Ender's Game, The Wheel of Time, Walden, La Dama Del Alba, Pedro Paramo, The Idiot, On Liberty, The Hitcherhiker's Trilogy, The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul, The Trial, The Little Prince, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Favorite Film: The Shawshank Redemption, Ran, Good Will Hunting, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, A Beautiful Mind, Citizen Kane, Spartacus, The Seven Samurai, Pulp Fiction, Sin City, Dr. Strangelove, Full Metal Jacket, Duck Soup, Patton, This is Spinal Tap, La Jete
Favorite Quote: "If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them."
-Isaac Asimov
E-mail: jsdillon@stanford.edu
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