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After a Harvard career that spanned over 40 years, Pierce Professor of Philosophy Emeritus Burton S. Dreben '49 died of lymphoma on Sunday at Massachusetts General Hospital. He was 71 years...
...Dreben served as Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) between 1973 and 1975, where he cut graduate school enrollments while championing academic ideals...
Also interesting is an essay by D. Joseph Menn '87 describing the role of ad hoc commitees in tenure decisions, focusing on the activities of the "invisible kingmaker" in the process, Pierce Professor of Philosophy Burton S. Dreben. Menn's piece reads more like investigative journalism than a history paper, which makes for a refreshing change. (In the interests of full disclosure, I should point out that Menn is the former city editor of The Crimson--the post I currenly hold. But it's still a good piece anyway...
...what it comes down to is trust. "How else can you operate?" Dreben implores. "I Fundamentally, if you're asking can you trust a department, the answer...
...have to let those closest to the subject make the decisions," says Dreben...