Word: hertzfeld
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...continent’s Jews, student pressure here at Harvard eventually caused the University to sponsor the full undergraduate educations of 14 refugees by 1944. Rahel Kestenberg, who fled from Prague, was the first Jewish refugee to enroll in Radcliffe, The Crimson reported in February 1939. Kurt M. Hertzfeld ’41 was also sponsored by Harvard. Then an 18-year-old refugee, Hertzfeld traveled from Austria in 1937 to avoid military conscription. Alone with no money, Hertzfeld said he saw a New York Times article about special Harvard scholarships for refugees, applied, and was awarded a full scholarship...
...ground the fledgling industry. The FAA is now charged with issuing launch licenses and could impose tough restrictions on private trips, in part to minimize its own potential liability. "Even if people accept the risks, our government will be regulating private space travel one way or another," says Henry Hertzfeld, a space-policy expert at George Washington University...