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...September 1970 New York City Teacher Gary Ackerman asked the board of education for an unpaid paternity leave so that he could spend more time with his daughter Lauren, then ten months old. Turned down, he went AWOL from his job, with his wife Rita filed a complaint of discrimination with the Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and sued the board in U.S. district court. Their argument: granting child-care leaves only to women is an invasion of privacy because it forces mothers to be housekeepers and child rearers and prevents husbands and wives from dividing up family responsibilities...
...names of candidates for the post were discussed at the Council meeting. "It would have been too embarrassing," said James S. Ackerman, professor of Fine Arts and a Council member. "Too many Council members are potential candidates...
...other signers of the statement are: James S. Ackerman, professor of Fine Arts; Paul G. Bamberg Jr., associate professor of Physics; Herbert Bloch, professor of Greek and Latin; Harvey Brooks, McKay Professor of Applied Physics; George F. Carrier, Coolidge Professor of Applied Mathematics; Dante Della Terza, professor of Romance Languages and Literature; Doris H. Kearns, associate professor of Government; Robert J. Kiely, professor of English; Regina M. Kyle, assistant professor of English; John R. Maynard, assistant professor of English; Ezra F. Vogel, professor of Sociology; Michael L. Walzer, professor of Government; and Samuel H. Beer, Eaton Professor of the Science...
Cambridge Mayor Barbara Ackerman said last night that Sargent's emphasis on mass transit was "just glorious," since "one road leads to another." She said that she favors extending the Red Line, or some alternate rapid transit route, from Harvard Square...
Over 125 students--including 30 members of the Union--crowded into the fourth floor lounge at Littauer. Most had come to hear Dunlop's position on the Union, and about 50 left after Dunlop refused to answer Ackerman's charges...