If you've recently walked down the Mass. Ave. bridge, you may have noticed that the smoots are a bit more colorful these days. On August 26, MIT alumni carried on the tradition of repainting them. 2. Smoot re-painters Mike Tarsi ’79, Dave Chanoux ’68, SM ’69, Paul Hajian ’80, March ’82, Chris Bruner ’94, Bill Dawson ’82, Steve Pettinato ’80, Jon Fieldman ’92, Jeff Reuter ’82, SM ’83. 3. Seven MIT students originally calibrated the Mass. Ave. bridge using 5’7 Oliver Smoot '62 in October 1958. At the link in the bio, read more about Oliver Smoot '62 and the story behind MIT's famous unit of measurement (and enjoy an old Alumni Association April Fool's Joke!). . . . #smoots #smoot #massachusettsinstituteoftechnology #AroundMIT #oliversmoot #massavebridge #throwbackthursday