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...Lowell built the church. Mr. Conant tolerated the church. But Mr. Pusey cherished the church,” Gomes said...
...only conclude that what was suspected sitting through Rudenstine’s brain-aching addresses was actually the truth. Pointing Our Thoughts will teach future generations only that in 10 eminently forgettable years, Neil Rudenstine used the bully pulpit bequeathed by Eliot, Conant and Pusey only when it came time to pass the collection plate. This, in turn, meant that from the perspective of the undergraduate population, which knew him only as a stooped and unassuming figure glimpsed occasionally between Mass Hall and the Faculty Club—and from the vantage point of the country at large, to whom...
Pusey arrived at Harvard in 1953 at a moment observers describe as ideal for his set of talents. Succeeding James B. Conant ’14, Pusey’s goal would be to solidify many of the gains that the Conant had accomplished...
...Where Conant had been the public figure, weighing in on national policy debate and ultimately taking time off from Harvard to work on the Manhattan project, Pusey used the bully pulpit to press for the campaign. Pusey roamed the country pitching “the case for Harvard,” even making a national television appearance...
...made possible the meritocratic University Conant envisioned,” Keller says...