Word: galbraith
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WASHINGTON--Warburg Professor of Economics emeritus John Kenneth Galbraith was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony Wednesday, honoring his lifetime of service to Washington and academia...
...writer and professor famous for his wit as well as his economic theories, Galbraith, 91, said he was happy to receive the award from President Clinton, saying that he was "making a very great effort to look modest...
...This is one of the happier days of my life, and I'm glad my family was here to see me enjoy it," Galbraith said...
...Galbraith spoke about his experience working in the admissions department just after arriving at Harvard. He said that admissions decisions were highly dependent on the prestige of a candidate's high school...
...year that affirmative action became a fixture in Harvard admissions, where students from public schools equaled those from private ones, and the last barriers to equal access to the College were abolished, Galbraith's description of an old-fashioned, elitist Harvard seemed more out of place than ever...