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Such a book would be useful to a Harvard student or researcher interested in studying the social lives of undergraduates here--if the Porcellian and the archives didn't treat it like the papers of former Harvard president and Manhattan Project participant James Bryant Conant...
...just as researchers will have to wait 50 years to find out exactly what Conant did to fight the H-bomb, we commoners will not know the about the lives of the rich-and-famous Porcellian elite until the year...
Forty years ago this spring, former Harvard president James B. Conant' 14 graced the covers of both Time and Newsweek. But this is a different era, and it was jarring to see President Neil L. Rudenstine on the cover of Newsweek last week...
Forty years ago, former Harvard president James B. Conant '14 graced the covers of Time and Newsweek. He was seen not just as the president of a university but as a national spokesperson for education, lecturing around the country on topics as diverse as bright girls' studying science and tougher courses for high school students...
...Conant was so popularly known for his educational reform efforts that some suggested him as a candidate for the 1948 national presidential election. Nathan M. Pusey '28 served on the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education and also appeared on the cover of Time. Most recently, Derek C. Bok wrote many books on higher education, including Beyond the Ivory Tower, and regularly issued open letters on such topics as academic freedom and the ethical responsibilities of the university in society...