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Wiser people than I have lamented the imminent departure of these fine teachers, but few of these senior professors have seen their younger colleagues from the other side of the lectern. Their teaching skills alone ought to be enough to earn reconsideration for Mr. Lee and Mr. Brinkley. Mr. Brinkley's courses have been oversubscribed for years, an indication of quality, ability and trust as certain as the Levenson Teaching Award won by Mr. Lee. Both men infuse their teaching of history with insights beyond the chronological and political--in Mr. Lee's case, the diplomatic and military...
With great distress, I have read recently of the denial of tenure to three of Harvard's most talented and respected junior faculty members, Alan Brinkley, Bradford A. Lee and Robert N. Watson. I had the pleasure and the privilege of being taught by all three before I graduated from the College in June 1985, and sincerely believe that the quality of my education would have been considerably lower had these teachers and I not crossed paths...
...undergraduate English literature scholars to enjoy Mr. Watson's insights and intelligence, as he has left for the University of California at Los Angeles in much the same way that Andrew Delbanco, another tremendously talented literature teacher, went to Columbia University. It is still possible, however, to allow Mr. Brinkley and Mr. Lee to continue passing along their fascination with and vast knowledge of modern American history to the undergraduates whose education is, allegedly, a high priority for the University...
...these teachers made me a better writer; by making me consider the interrelation of historical events, both made me a better thinker. At many universities, these are considered sufficient goals for the course of an entire education, but Harvard asks for more. Thanks to committed teachers like Mr. Brinkley and Mr. Lee, it is able to expect that students can and will meet these expectations...
...deeply saddened to learn that professor Alan Brinkley did not become a tenured professor in Harvard's History Department...