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...despite the Corporation’s ruling. “For this decision, which left me unemployed three months before I could complete my Ph.D. thesis, Harvard was widely acclaimed as a bastion of academic freedom,” Kamin wrote.‘GRAVE MISCONDUCT’Meanwhile, Furry??s associate professorship was in jeopardy.In May 1953, the Corporation placed Furry on three-year probation for “grave misconduct.”“Dr. Furry??s teaching is of high quality and has reflected no Communism,” the Corporation...
...Associated Press picked up a 4,000-word feature that Lukas had written for The Crimson discussing Furry??s communist ties and the fallout from his affiliation...
...November, McCarthy sent a telegram to Pusey demanding to know how the University would act on Furry??s case...
...Crimson published special reports on academic freedom and wrote editorials in support of Furry??s refusal to testify...
Despite this qualification, Furry??s past made him one of the most visible targets of the anti-communist crusade and Harvard a symbol of the supposed Red infiltration of American academia...