He limited his search to four cities, with Boston as his second choice.

But choice No. 1 never panned out, and last August, Elia began work as a computer consultant at C-Bridge Internet Solutions, located on Vasser Street near MIT in Cambridge.

Describing himself as a "hired nerd," Elia said that he works to help businesses operate more efficiently.

Elia assists clients who come to C-Bridge to "web-enable their businesses," he said.

While Elia said he likes living in Boston, he said that he initially felt a little too close to Harvard for comfort.

Originally, Elia lived in Cambridge near Peabody Terrace, but said he had to move to the Back Bay. He was running into so many Harvard people that he felt like he had not really graduated. ATTORNEY

But Harshbarger's friends say that whether on the freshman football team or in any social situation, he quickly became a standout among peers and eventually was voted a Class Marshal.

Richard G. Darman '64, one of Harshbarger's Eliot House roommates and chair of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget in the Bush administration, says that the transition was "irrelevant."

"He was an instant success at Harvard, helped undoubtably by his attractive personal style," Darman says.

While Darman and a third member of their Eliot House suite were both members of the Owl Club, Harshbarger did not join a final club.

Many of Harshbarger's friends said his upbringing has given him a strong moral background.

"He was a person who was totally confident of his own values," Darman says. "[His parents] are the world's most solid people in the way of values."

The attorney general says that the 1963 Yale Game remains one the strongest memories of his time at Harvard.

Harshbarger and his teammates were practicing for The Game when they learned that President John F. Kennedy '40 had been assassinated.

The Game was postponed a week as the University and the nation went into mourning.

Harshbarger, who grew up with Kennedy as a hero, feels that Kennedy's commitment to public service was one of the central principles of Harvard culture during that era.