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...quite so successful. They tried for then-recently-inaugurated President Ronald Reagan in 1981, and settled for Thomas Watson, former ambassador to Moscow and head of IBM. In 1982, they tried for recently widowed Jihan Sadat and ended up with John H Finley '25. Fliot Professor of Greek Emeritus...
...Bright Wilson, Richards Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Harvard...
...describing his now status as professor emeritus, Howard W. Emmons, McKay Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Lawrence Professor of Engineering, says, "It's very simple, Harvard steps sending me a check every month...
...Emmons elaborates on the practice of becoming a professor emeritus. "That's the way they get rid of old fogeys." he explains, adding that it is essential to bring in undergraduate with all ideas and fresh viewpoints...
...following June, even more eyebrows raised when the speaker's identity was revealed: John H. Finley '25, the revered Eliot Professor of Greek Literature Emeritus and former Master of Eliot House. During his years on the Faculty, Finley was one of the College's best-loved lecturers. But to many members of the Class of 1982, the choice was disappointing, almost as if Harvard were a little boarding school inviting its old headmaster to speak to a gathering of old grads...