Word: conant
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...because Littauer's gift was not sufficient to provide for the endowed professorships needed for an independent school, then Harvard President James B. Conant '13 decided that the school would serve Harvard better as a "switching station," integrating existing programs in the University...
While workmen were setting up the balloons Wednesday, Harvard did announce a much more significant contribution to Cambridge's public welfare. The James Bryant Conant Fellowships will give six Boston and Cambridge school teachers an opportunity to spend a year at the Graduate School of Education each year...
...Conant Fellowships break pattern of Harvard gifts to the city. It is a significant and pragmatic contribution to the city's future welfare--and one that draws on the University's unique resources...
Harvard President James Bryant Conant '13 was a strong supporter of the public school system and during his tenure established the scholarship system that drew talented students from around the country to Cambridge. He recognized that Harvard must never lose sight of the entire continuum of the educational system, a sentiment that the new endowment captures...
Fifty years ago, Franklin Delano Roosevelt '04, a prominent son of Harvard and a product of the Eastern Establishment, celebrated the success of Harvard and its graduates and graciously accepted an honorary law degree from President James B. Conant '13, who would later work for Roosevelt in developing the atomic bomb...