Word: conant
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...harken back to a happier time, if only for explantation's sake. In the 1940s then-President James B. Conant '14 initiated a reform of Harvard's undergraduate curriculum; his subsequent report, "General Education in a Free Society," eventually led to the adoption of a set of requirements that each student would have to take, in addition to courses in his or her concentration. The scheme was simple, at least on the surface: the range of disciplines was divided into the Social Sciences. Natural Sciences and Humanities (affectionately known as Soc Sci, Nat Sci and Hum), with the Committee...
...never rains in California, they say. Kenneth J. Arrow, Conant University Professor and a Noble Laureate in economics, would probably agree with them...
Kenneth J. Arrow, James Bryant Conant University Professor and Nobel Laureate, will leave Harvard in the fall of 1979 to join the Stanford University economics department as joint professor of economics and operation research. Research...
Francis Keppel '38, senior lecturer on Education and former dean of the School of Education, lauded Conant's role in advancing the quality of public education in this country, which prompted The New York Times to call him "schoolmaster to American education...
...John H. Finley '25, Eliot Professor of Greek Literature Emeritus, discussed Conant's contributions to Harvard during his 20 years as President. His accomplishments included development of the General Education program, merger of classes for Harvard and Radcliffe students, and structuring of the previously undefined tenure selection system...