Word: browns
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Brown says working with HLS faculty members, such as University Professor Frank I. Michaelman, introduced him and Khazei to the idea of civic republicanism, a theory about creating civic virtue among all people, not just the elite...
...gave us the entire intellectual framework for national service," Brown says. "It's an intellectual framework I couldn't have given you before I started HLS, even though I may have felt...
...even after they had mastered the theory, Brown says the prospect of launching an actual service program seemed anything but easy...
Daunted by the task of raising $200,000 for the pilot program alone, the two enlisted help from a number of Harvard's most influential faculty. Among that group, Brown says they worked closely with then-Radcliffe President Matina S. Horner, who served on President Jimmy Carter's Task Force on Public Service and would go on to chair the City Year board of trustees. In addition, they sought out the help of Harvard Business School Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter, an expert in organizational change...
...would go on to raise the full $200,000 and soon $1 million to continue the program, thanks in part to Harvard credentials, Brown says...