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Harvard President James Bryant Conant '14 was a respected president, but not extremely visible at Harvard. A chemist, he spent much of his time advising President Franklin Delano Roosevelt '04 on scientific issues. Whiteside, who became acquainted with Conant as a graduate student, said he was "indescribably remote" during Whiteside's undergraduate years...
...says. "To me it will never be quite the same. In many ways it's more modern and there are nicer facilities, but I always look back with longing at that time."Courtesy Harvard ArchivesPre-Pearl Harbor: Harvard students protest outside the office of Harvard President James Bryant Conant '14 against increased U.S. involvement...
...morning of December 8--the day after the bombing--then University President James Bryant Conant '14 summoned all Harvard students to Sanders Theatre, where he broadcast the famous "day of infamy" speech by President Franklin D. Roosevelt '04 and then pledged all the resources of the University to the war effort...
Robert L. Conant, Holyoke Center building manager, said the call was received at 12:05 p.m., the evacuation alarm was set at 12:35 p.m., and the building was reoccupied...
...Conant said police evacuated "mostly the high rise section" of Holyoke Center, including the UHS clinical offices and Holyoke Center administrative offices...