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Richard Cochrane is trained in chemistry and metallurgy but is far more interested and practiced as a political and fund raising consultant, writer and amateur historian. He grew up in a Navy family and with his two younger brothers carried on its 500+ year tradition of naval service to Great Britain and the USA then enjoyed a career with one of the largest advertising and public relations agencies working with numerous Fortune 500 companies and many of America's premier educational institutions. He maintains friendships and acquaintanceships around the world. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.

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Rose Bowl War Time Adjustments

December 27th, 2007 • Richard Cochrane
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DUKE and OREGON played in the 1942 ROSE BOWL on January 1, 1942. But it was NOT in Pasadena but in Durham, North Carolina because people feared that a Japanese invasion of the west coast was imminent following  the December 7, 1941attack on Pearl Harbor.

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