14. Tommy Lee Jones and Al Gore
The Oscar-winning actor Tommy Lee Jones and the future Vice President Al Gore both attended Harvard and shared a dorm room during that period. Jones later gave the nominating speech for his old college roommate at the 2000 Democratic National Convention, saying, “I lived with him for four years. What did we do? We shot pool and watched Star Trek, when maybe we should have been studying for exams. He’d challenge me to shooting contests. We’d see who could hit a tin can from the farthest away. And it was usually Al.” Jones added, “ I always knew that he had the brains and the heart to change the whole world.”
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