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Louise R. Conant, associate rector of the Christ Church Episcopal of Cambridge said before the service that her prayer was "for the future of the human race...

Author: By Gady A. Epstein, | Title: Local Religious Leaders Unite, Lead Multifaith Group in Prayer for Peace | 1/16/1991 | See Source »

Ward 6, Precinct 3--Conant Hall, Divinity Hall, Greenough Hall, Hurlbut Hall and Pennypacker Hall. Vote at Gund Hall, 48 Quincy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Where Harvard Votes | 11/5/1990 | See Source »

...though his term was characterized by thehealthy growth of Harvard's facilities, facultiesand international reputation, Conant left theUniversity at a moment of crisis. In 1953, highereducation was under siege from Sen. JosephMcCarthy and his red-hunting cohorts, who hadparticularly targeted what they called "theKremlin on the Charles." Even Conant had beenbrowbeaten into declaring his opposition to hiringknown Communists...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: Choosing A Person, Choosing A Mission | 7/10/1990 | See Source »

...addition, Corporation members saw thesoftspoken, devoutly Christian classicist as a manwho would bring with him qualities that had beenlacking in Conant's impersonal researchuniversity...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: Choosing A Person, Choosing A Mission | 7/10/1990 | See Source »

...fact, Riesman says, one of the few thingsHarvard's recent presidents had in common was that"everyone had a mission beyond Harvard, both foreducation and for the country as a whole." Forboth Bok and Conant, that meant spearheadingefforts to reform the nation's secondary schools...

Author: By Adam K. Goodheart, | Title: Choosing A Person, Choosing A Mission | 7/10/1990 | See Source »

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