Word: ebert
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DIED. Friedrich Ebert, 85, mayor of East Berlin from 1948 to 1967 and member of the East German Politburo; of a heart attack; in East Berlin. The eldest son of the Weimar Republic's first President, Ebert was jailed and harassed under Hitler and joined East Germany's Communist Party after the war. From 1971 until his death, he served as a deputy head of state...
...turning point in the development of the School was the formation of the MPP program. The Program was conceived in 1968, by Bok, then dean of the Law School, Robert H Ebert, Walker Professor of Medicine and then dean of the Medical School and John T. Dunlop, University Professor and then dean of the faculty. The deans "recognized that many students in law and medicine wanted to work in public and governmental areas, not go into private practice," says Price. "Neither in the Law or Medical School was it possible to include in the curriculum the sort of things they...
...Ebert and Dunlop talked over the idea of a public policy curriculum with Price and they began to push for the formation of the MPP program and joint degrees with the Law and Medical Schools. They pushed hard enough and the 18 members of the first MPP class entered the Kennedy School in the fall of 1969. "It was not until the public policy degree was created that we began to develop courses that were listed as the School's courses," says Price...
...future. Dr. Oglesby Paul '38, director of admissions for the Med School, attempted to allay the fear that climination of the subcommittee would damage the school's affirmative action program. "We're not changing the goals, we're changing the way they're handled." Paul said. Dr. Robert H. Ebert, former dean of the Med School, said the move would not necessarily mean a decrease in minority acceptance. "Although it could mean that," he added...
...feel that whether they keep it or eliminate it is of great importance. What is important is next year's admissions results, and maintaining a strong minority recruitment program," Ebert said...