Word: dreben
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Many of the fellows stay on at Harvard as faculty members. Some have even proved Lowell's thesis that a Ph.D. is not necessary for scholarship. Political Scientist McGeorge Bundy, who became Harvard's dean of arts and sciences, and Society of Fellows Chairman Burton Dreben, a former dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, never took the degree. Excellence is the society's reason for being, and excellence is Harvard's reward. Says Dreben: "With all the compromises we make, there has to be true support of pure scholarship, the inquiry into knowledge...
Burton S. Dreben, professor of Philosophy and Dean Rosovsky's special assistant on forming ad hoc tenure committees, also agreed with the views Bok expresses in the letter...
...Dreben said the letter is "realistic," adding, "If there's anything at Harvard that could stand the most serious scrutiny, it's this system...