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...scholar, Ford avoided specialization in a narrow field, conducting his research and teaching in several areas and time periods in Western European History. His efforts were rewarded with grants, accolades and prestigious fellowships...
...spite of the social turmoil that defined his deanship, Ford oversaw a period of great physical growth in Harvard’s history, authorizing the construction of the Science Center and Mather House, as well as the renovation of many buildings in Harvard Yard. In a 1968 profile in the Crimson, Ford was quoted as saying that his idea of improvement at Harvard was “doing more of some things without doing less of others...
Friends and colleagues say Ford will be remembered as a tempering figure during contentious times at the University...
Born in Waukeegan, Ill., in 1920, Ford graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1942. He served in the United States Army Signal Corps and the Office of Strategic Services, forerunner to the Central Intelligence Agency, doing intelligence work in Germany, studying the German resistance and visiting the liberated concentration camp at Dachow...
...Ford went on to get his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard in 1948 and 1950, respectively, and taught at Bennington College from...