Word: birkhoff
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...latter part of the year, Lowell's plan of the Society of Fellows was brought into being through his gift. Three of the first five Junior Fellows appointed that Spring are now distinguished members of the Harvard Faculty: Professors Birkhoff, Quine, and Skinner. President Church received its more recently position the next year, calling for more fellowships for distinguished scholars. The College-wide concern for scholarship could be seen in the long discussion of "snap" courses, the demand for longer library hours, and more attention to the tutorial system...
Others included Roscoe Pound, University Professor, emeritus, Sumner H. Slichter, Lamont University Professor, George A. Smith, Jr., Professor of Business Administration, Arthur E. Sutherland, Bussey Professor of Law, Eric G. Ball, Professor of Biological Chemistry, Garrett Birkhoff '32, Professor of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Alexander Forbes '04, Professor of Physiology, emeritus, Albert B. Hastings, Hamilton Kuhn Professor of Biological Chemistry, Eugene M. Landis, George Higginson Professor of Physiology, Joseph L. Walsh '16, Perkins Professor of Mathematics, Isidor I. Rabi, Morris Loeb Lecturer on Physics...
...other professor invited to Russia, Garrett Birkhoff '32, professor of Pure and Applied Mathematics, said that he will not be able to accept his invitation to the Third Mathematical Congress of the U.S.S.R...
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...Birkhoff explained that the conference, sponsored by the Academy of Sciences, conflicted with previous commitments and it "didn't seem practical" for him to attend. "I am declining with regret. But Russia is a long distance away...