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Joseph F Kahn
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The Limited Harvard Experience
L AST NOVEMBER, several hundred professors and aspiring professors gathered in a meeting room on the second floor of University
Murderer of Harvard Medical Student Returns After Escape
A man convicted of fatally stabbing a Harvard football player in Boston's red-light district 11 years ago has surrendered to
Not So Fast
T O THUNDEROUS world applause Neville Chamberlain walked away from a summit conference in Munich with Adolph Hitler, having reached
Divinity Dean Plans Revamping of School
At his inauguration ceremony yesterday, the dean of the Divinity School outlined plans to revamp and revitalize one of Harvard's
'Very Busy' Reagan Forgoes Harvard Bash to Relax at Ranch
On this occasion in 1936, jubilant Harvardians gathered in Tercentenary Theater to hear and honor one of the most popular
Repressing the Press
O N A NEWS PROGRAM this past week, South African Foreign Minister Pik Botha earnestly proclaimed that the state of
The Backout That Backfired
Harvard spent six years and over $1 million to organize and finance the 350th anniversary celebration this September. Committee members
Calkins To Get Honorary
Hugh Calkins '45, recently retired senior fellow of Harvard's seven-man governing Corporation, is expected to be among 10 honorary degree
Give Them What They Want
P RESIDENT Derek C. Bok sat in his Massachusetts Hall corner office late last summer pondering how Harvard could possibly
McLean Enters Joint Venture
The Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital, New England's oldest private non-profit psychiatric center, has arranged a joint venture with a for-profit, California-based
Council Likely to Withdraw ACSR Rep
The Undergraduate Council is likely to withdraw the undergraduate representative to the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR) next week
Selling a Piece of the Rock
D R. ERNEST G. STILLMAN '08, one of the Harvard's biggest financial supporters in the middle of this century, was
Conservatives Urge Sale of USSR Stock
At Harvard, "Divestment" is a word almost automatically associated with liberal activists, large rallies and South Africa. But some normally
Bok Wants More Grants, Fewer Loans in Aid Bill
Calling on the House of Representatives to avoid "creating on nation of debtors," President Derek C. Bok yesterday submitted testimony
University To Raise $20M for Engineers
Harvard has begun a drive to raise up to $20 million to invigorate its program in electrical engineering, a field
