Word: beckwiths
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Jonathan Beckwith '57, professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and a former member of the Fein Committee, said lastweek Harvard used the Committee as "a way to diffuse the efforts of the tenants." The Med School was "acting as a middleman," he added, and clearly had no real power. "When the pressure got too strong, the tenants started direct negotiations with the Harvard Corporation...
...pressure built up in late 1969 and early 1970. On December 17, 1969, over 100 students, faculty, employees and tenants held a rally at the Med School and presented a number of demands to Stephen J. Miller, director of the Med School's Office for Urban Affairs. Beckwith, head of the team that had isolated a single gene the month before, said at the time, "I'm here because I believe that Harvard is trying to force people out of their homes, using the worst tactics of a slumlord." Miller conceded that Harvard did "have plans" for the land...
...University was blatantly in the wrong," says Jonathan Beckwith. "That's why so many people got involved." When asked if he thought the community was getting a fair deal, he said, sounding dubious, "Probably. I'll have to wait and see if the housing finally goes...
...Beckwith said that scientists are responsible for the social and political ramifications of their research, although they have ignored this responsibility in the past...
...Beckwith said that recent advances in science and technology parallel developments prior to the eugenics movement at the turn of the century. This movement ended with Nazi extension of eugenic ideas promoted in this country...