Word: address
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Walter Cronkite told the audience the way it was, from 1636 to 1986; actor John Lithgow '67 recited an address Harvard's own Ralph Waldo Emerson (Class of 1821); George Plimpton '48 told of students, their times at Harvard, and of how they got thrown out of the College; and John Williams and the Boston Pops paid tribute to fellow musician Leonard Bernstein...
...need to give something of healing andrestorative value back to Harvard is echoed inPresident Roosevelt's address, which reminded anaudience all too familiar with the militaristictone of modern times that "Harvard should trainmen to be citizens in that high Athenian sensewhich compels a man to live his life uneasinglyaware that its civic significance is it mostabiding, and that the rich individual diversity ofthe state is born only of the wisdom to chooseways to achieve which do not hurt one'sneighbors...
...doubt decent, thoughtful remarks don't address that, remember that Bok knows how to please a crowd...
...that is necessary is for each alum to consider how far the themes of Bok's decent, thoughtful address are advanced next year and to give accordingly...
Like his wife, Sissela, a Brandeis philosopher, Bok tackles moral questions in lawyer-like debate. "He makes an effort to address ethical issues in a very public manner," Daniel Steiner '54, vice president and general counsel, says about his boss...