Word: higginson
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Guggenheim Fellowships went to Jaime Alazraki, professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, William H. Bond, professor of Bibliography and librarian of the Houghton Library, William E. Cooper, associate professor of Psychology, Charles M. Haar, Brandeis Professor of Law; Wallace T. MacCaffrey, Higginson Professor of History; Margaret R. Miles, associate professor of Theology; and Frank J. Sulloway, a postdoctoral fellow in Psychology...
...this point Womack's appointment is just a formality" Wallace T. MacCaffrey, Higginson Professor of History and the current department chairman, said yesterday. According to MacCaffrey. Womack received a consensus among senior Faculty members who wrote letters to Dean Rosovsky stating their preference for the department chairman, in a routine procedure that takes place every few years...
...faculty gift lists this year. Nathan I. Huggins, chairman of the Afro-American Studies Department, asks for nothing else. Nicolaas Bloembergen, Gade University Professor and this year's Nobel laureate in physics, wants a little more: "I'd like peace and quiet," he says. And John K. Fairbank, Higginson Professor Emeritus of History, is choosiest of all. "Peace and good will is all right," he says, but "but I'd like to add a little more intelligence. A little study...
When Georg Henschel gave the first downbeat on Oct. 22, 1881, he brought to life the dream of Major Henry Lee Higginson-Civil War veteran, philanthropist, amateur musician and founder of the Boston Symphony. Under a succession of Germanic conductors the young orchestra survived and flourished, moving into its incomparable home, Symphony Hall, in 1900. The modern, French-Russian character of the B.S.O. dates back to 1918, with Conductors Henri Rabaud, Pierre Monteux and, most important, Serge Koussevitzky. During his 25-year reign-from 1924 to 1949-Koussevitzky. During his 25-year reign-from 1924 to 1949 - Koussevitzky presented...
...orchestra--founded by Major Henry Lee Higginson--who also contributed Soldiers Field to Harvard--played its first concert on October...