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With his departure to Washington, Harvard has lost its most colorful and free-wheeling figure. Dunlop was no saint, but he had a certain appealing straight-forward way of conducting business. In the middle of propounding some outrageously conservative policy or point of view, he would disarm his listeners by twisting his rubbery features into an impish grin, leaving them wondering whether he was actually as conservative as all that...
...biggest mistake many of Dunlop's adversaries made was not to take him seriously. He took over a splintered Faculty in 1970 and in the next several years skillfully knit the deeply-rooted divisions back together, sending independent-minded reformers either into disarray or scurrying for the center. By the end of his term, he had elicited a measure of respect from all segments of a Faculty that had deeply distrusted his predecessor, Franklin L. Ford. He restored a certain reverence for his office that had been absent for some time. Even his opponents on the Faculty capitulated...
...DUNLOP'S SUCCESS in presiding over his Faculty is the more remarkable considering the time he spent moonlighting in Washington. He would tirelessly keep matters in University Hall under control during the week, and then, almost effortlessly, wing his way to the nation's capitol to conduct mysterious business with the building trades unions. He often scheduled appointments before six in the morning, and seemingly had twice the energy of men half...
...this doesn't mean that Dunlop is some paragon of virtue. His conservative stands on questions like University discipline, the Afro-American Studies Department and graduate student rights did much to undermine the halting progress being made at Harvard in the late sixties. His positions were undoubtedly no more reactionary than those his colleagues in the Administration or the Faculty, but his talent at translating them into reality made him a more effective roadblock to progress...
...Dunlop's vision of a corporate society in which disputes between interest groups are settled by agreements between their leaders may have endeared him to the nation's business and union barons, but he hardly helped advance America's working people towards a humane society of personal worth and participation. He speaks often of his friendly relations with working people, but, in reality, his archaic political views and patronizing attitude toward workers means they will not have an ally on the Cost of Living Council. George Meany may regard our former dean highly, but to steel and automobile workers...