Word: dreben
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Getting ahold of Burton S. Dreben '49 is like playing a shell game...
...might try his Emerson Hall office, where he works as Pierce Professor of Philosophy. You could call University Hall, where Dreben serves as special assistant to the Dean of the Faculty. Or you could drop by 78 Mt. Aubum St., headquarters of the prestigious Society of Fellows, of which Dreben is in charge...
...chances are you won't find him anywhere Dreben, one of the Faculty's busiest members, seems to travel from role to role in a blur that rarely materializes in any one office...
Elusiveness suits Dreben fine. "He is not a person who seeks the limelight. If he had a choice, he would rather be, as the Japanese say, behind the screen," says Dreben's administrative boss and close friend. Dean of the Faculty Henry Rosovsky...
...Dreben's behind-the-screen activities have led to his reputation as one of the most powerful members of the Faculty, a reputation even he is hard pressed to dismiss. "I am constantly aware that someone in my position could seem to have some kind of undue influence," Dreben says. "Over the past 11 years I have played the role of being a serious advisor to the dean one of several," he adds...