Word: eck
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Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies Diana L. Eck, DuBois Professor of the Humanities Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. '38 will be honored by President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton in a White House ceremony...
...This is a fantastically humbling honor," Gates said "It's very exciting to get this honor with my friend and colleague Diana Eck, and Arthur Schlesinger, who is one of my heroes...
...Eck, who is co-master of Lowell House, is currently on a one-year leave as professor of comparative religion and Indian studies while she writes a book on religion in America. She is also creator and director of the Harvard-based Pluralism Project which studies religious diversity...
...Eck and Austin themselves each shared their enthusiasm for the occasion; Austin reflected the jovial atmosphere by recounting a phone conversation with an elderly woman who called her when the appointment was announced. After expressing some shock at how far Harvard had come to be able to appoint "Lady Masters," the woman on the phone concluded with, "You go, girl...
McAfee said that Noble's parents, who live in Sante Fe, N.M., arrived in Boston early this afternoon and spent the day at the hospital. McAfee, House Co-Master Diana L. Eck and several of Noble's friends joined them, though the intensive care unit where Noble is staying does not allow visitors outside the immediate family...