Word: bucked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Regarded as "a man who was sensitive, responsive to faculty." Buck put the General Education program into effect, began the integration of Harvard and Radcliffe, and strengthened the House system, Freidel said...
...Buck also established programs for computer research, social relations, engineering, applied physics and Russian studies...
During the McCarthy era, Buck demonstrated "qualities of statesmanship" in his defense of Harvard's academic freedom from Congressional attacks which he believed infringed upon the University's constitutional rights, John van Vleck, Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy Emeritus, and a friend of Buck's for a half-century, said yesterday...
...director of Widener Library from 1955 to 1964, Buck improved its administrative efficiency, increased its size by 1.4 million volumes, and initiated 14 new projects, including plans for the establishment of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library...
...Buck's lasting contribution to library science was his emphasis on the importance of libraries to teaching and research. Edwin E. Williams, associate University librarian, said yesterday...