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...turbulence of 1969 is generally regarded as a turning point in the University's history, but Corporation members disagree Francis H. Burr '35, who retired in 1982 after 28 years on the board, says that while the events of 1969 greatly affected the lives of the people involved, it was merely a bump in the road for Harvard. "There was a lot of rhetoric thrown around," he says, "but I don't think there were many substantive changes...
...that were all, there would also be nothing more to be written. But there is more there is the conclusion, reached without discussion, that Harvard should be destroyed for its sins. As we picketed in front of Burr Hall on the sunny spring morning after the Bust, an aged member of the Harvard Corporation, a dark hat shielding his face from the heavy sun, stormed and raged at us, demanded that we consider what we were doing asked whether we wanted to destroy Harvard University. No reason occurred to me why Harvard should not be destroyed. Harvard's only...
...comment on Harvard affairs. His involvement with Harvard's governing boards dates back to a stint as chairman of the board of Overseers and an advisor to Bok on University-industry relations. At the time he was chosen, Harvard needed a replacement for 28-year Corporation member Francis H. Burr '35, a lawyer with the local firm of Ropes and Gray. And Mockler was perfect replacement Like Burr, he is a solid, cautious, but forceful and committed, successful middle-aged Bostonian...
...when the House was debating the expulsion of Vermont's Matthew Lyon, who had spit in the face of a fellow member. After an explosive exchange, Speaker Jonathan Dayton challenged another member to a duel. Dayton, who was indicted for treason nine years later, along with Aaron Burr, was called to order for improper utterances...
...lonely stand against the barbarians. The more he castigated them, the more they praised and purchased his witty and iconoclastic novels. Myra Breckinridge (1968) was supposed to be a poke in the eye to smug notions of sexual identity; it became a bestseller instead. Julian (1964) and Burr (1973) insisted that true heroes of history are villains in the dull popular imagination; millions of people, including dullards, relished this insight. By this time, success dogged Vidal at every turn. If you cannot offend your enemies, why not take it easy and join them? So, here comes Lincoln, a massive package...