1. To
Whom
It
May
Concern:
This
is
an
open
letter
of
recommendation
for
Mr.
PETER
PINHO
FAUCI.
Peter
has
been
a
first-­‐year
student
in
my
class
in
Social
Foundations
I
and
II
since
September,
2014,
here
at
New
York
University,
London.
The
Social
Foundations
course
is
a
demanding
examination
of
political,
philosophical
and
religious
ideas
from
the
ancient
Middle
East,
China
and
Greece
to
seventeenth-­‐century
France.
During
the
academic
year
I
got
to
know
Peter
well,
both
inside
and
outside
the
classroom.
Peter
has
shown
himself
to
be
an
excellent
student
in
every
way.
He
is
clearly
bright
and
unusually
well-­‐informed
about
history
and
about
the
world
around
us.
He
was
without
exception
well-­‐
prepared
in
class
and
always
willing
and
able
to
contribute
to
class
discussion
of
our
texts
and
other
works.
He
brought
insight
to
our
debates
and
helped
keep
them
lively
and
well-­‐focused.
His
written
work
has
also
been
outstanding
and
I
feel
certain
he
will
achieve
an
A
group
grade
for
the
course
this
term.
Peter
is
a
diligent,
hard-­‐working
and
extremely
reliable
person
–
unusually
mature
and
responsible.
I
see
also
that
he
is
ambitious
and
wants
to
succeed.
But
he
is
also
obviously
a
person
who
feels
well-­‐
anchored
in
the
society
around
him
to
which
he
feels
considerable
responsibility.
Uniquely
among
my
undergraduate
students,
Peter
joined
a
learned
society,
The
Society
for
Court
Studies
–
an
internationally
respected
body
of
scholars,
mainly
historians
of
various
kinds.
I
am
Secretary
of
the
Society
and
observed
him
at
every
monthly
meeting
and
seminar.
I
was
impressed
hugely
by
his
curiosity
and
initiative
and
by
the
way
in
which
he
was
able
to
mingle
with
and,
as
a
neophyte,
discuss
our
work
with
men
and
women
three
times
his
age.
He’s
obviously
an
exceptional
young
man,
charming
and
personable.
I
do
not
hesitate
to
recommend
Peter
as
an
unusually
bright,
reliable,
hard-­‐working
and
pleasant
young
man.
I
expect
he
will
have
a
very
successful
career.
It
has
been
a
real
pleasure
to
have
him
in
class
and
to
know
him
outside
the
University.
Yours
sincerely,
Charles
C.
Noel,
Ph.D.;
FRHS
(curtnoel@btinternet.com)
Adjunct
Professor,
New
York
University,
London.