Word: guinier
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Guinier said the visiting committee never interviewed him. He added that no Afro-Am scholars with national reputations served on the committee. "How can they presume to make suggestions on how Harvard's Afro-American studies department should be developed?" he said...
...Ewart Guinier '33, professor of Afro-American Studies and former department chairman, said yesterday the committee's conclusions are invalid because its members were unqualified and did not consult Afro-Am faculty...
...said the committee consulted with every Afro-Am Faculty member, including Guinier...
...Guinier also said he doubts the administration's support for the Afro-American Studies department. "Dean Rosovsky has done everything to thwart the development of the department. He personally opposed the establishment of the department. He has always believed that the department should be a committee," he said...
Rosovsky said, however, "The record speaks for itself. We've invested heavily in the department. We've tried to make tenured department appointments. Guinier's statements are doing a grave disservice to the future of the department...