Word: fairbanks
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They said of Joseph Levenson when he died, "He showed how a lifetime of effort might yield really nourishing answers, but transcending his speciality is what he contributed to humanistic knowledge generally." John K. Fairbank, Higginson Professor of History Emeritus, Levenson's Harvard undergraduate tutor and graduate advisor, rendered final judgdment: "Joe's was no ordinary career--its record is that of genius at work...
...John K. Fairbank is Higginson Professor Emeritus of History...
Horner said members of the panel--which will study and report on Chinese culture, economy, weaponry and legal system--have received "rapid briefing" from China experts in Washington, but that the most interesting information she received came from tapes on Chinese history by John K. Fairbank'29, Higginson Professor of History, emeritus...
...with China, some of Carter's advisers were loath to let their chief share the glory with a potential rival for the presidency. They were decisively overridden by Vance, who insisted that Kennedy be seated among the 130 invited guests, who included Mondale, Kissinger, congressional leaders, Harvard Sinologist John Fairbank, Writer Theodore White, United Auto Workers President Douglas Fraser...
Stanley said he would spend two years in Honolulu in "a period of immersion--learning Hawaiian and reading the secondary literature--which is not extensive." At the same time, Stanley will maintain some contact with Harvard, directing a $66,000 grant project given to the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research by the Luce Foundation. The grant project has two parts: it will fund Stanley's research on a new book about the future of Philippine-American relations, and it will finance a study group of Philippine scholars to discuss this topic. Stanley will lead the study group, which will...