But Brooks says his usually quiet roommatesometimes displayed a wild streak.
"I remember one night when we covered ourselvesin bear skins and we crawled down Mt. Auburn St.,"Brooks says. "It was like there were two furryblobs crawling down the street."
Besides his quirks, Brooks says Weld was a veryconsiderate roommate.
"I was a heavy smoker...I don't know how welived in the environment that we did," saysBrooks, who was Weld's roommate for seven years."He didn't get down on me for smoking, however hedid try to insist that I use ashtrays."
From Law to Politics
After he graduated, Weld studied at OxfordUniversity on a year-long fellowship program, andthen returned to Harvard for law school.
Weld spent five years as a federal prosecutorin Boston and two years in Washington, D.C. beforehe made his first gubernatorial bid in 1990.
The fiscally conservative, socially liberalRepublican governor is now considered as anattractive Republican candidate for the 1996presidential election.
Weld's Harvard friends have few doubts aboutthe governors' chances.
"I'm sure he will be the next President,"Marsten said.
Before he considers the White House, however,Weld must, in the upcoming months, defend hisgubernatorial seat from the two leading Democratichopefuls, State Sen. Michael J. Barrett '70(D-Cambridge) and State Rep. Mark Roosevelt `78(D-Beacon Hill).
Whatever the final tally in November, a Harvarddiploma will likely be hanging g on the walls ofthe governor's office.