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...Harvard Association of Black Faculty and Administrators, co-chaired by Professor of Law Derrick A. Bell, awarded Vorenberg the C. Clyde Fergusen Award for his "contributions to enhancing diversity in the Harvard community." The group cited a 50 percent increase of minority representation on the Law School's faculty and staff...

Author: By Tara A. Nayak, | Title: A Confident Vision in Turbulent Times | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

...result of this skepticism, the group's actions sometimes took on an ironic tone. In the middle of last year, on March 23, the group presented President Bok with the first C. Clyde Fergusen Award, "for-extraordinary effort, and significant contribution toward enchanting the diversity of the students, faculty and staff of Harvard University." President Bok responded, "I accept the award in a very different spirit--as a recognition that we have made some serious effort in pursuit of equality and diversity, as a sign that you have not abandoned hope in what we can do, and most...

Author: By Johnathan S. Sapers, | Title: Changing the System From Within | 9/17/1984 | See Source »

...have permitted to be staged in their gubernatorial office-the spectacle of a woman governor's husband occupying her official desk and quite openly running the state's business in her stead. And no day passes without some echo of certain highway-building deals perpetrated by Jim Fergusen behind the petticoats of Governor Miriam A. ("Ma") Ferguson, his obedient wife...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Corruption | 7/26/1926 | See Source »

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