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...Burton S. Dreben...
...After a Harvard career that spanned over 40 years, Pierce Professor of Philosophy Emeritus Burton S. Dreben '49 died of lymphoma July 11 in Boston...
...said Dreben could break the ice inadvertently though his personal rituals...
...Dreben served as an advisor and mentor to a generation of Harvard scholars, including Lewis and Pearson Professor of Modern Mathematics and Mathematical Logic Warren D. Goldfarb, the department chair of the philosophy department, with whom he co-wrote a book...
Though he never received a Ph.D. himself, Dreben taught in Harvard's philosophy department during its hey-day, when his colleagues included Theory of Justice author John Rawls and logician W.V. Quine...