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...Highet '88 said Braverman, who is histhesis adviser, had him outline his thesis afterwriting it, has given precise comments and takenthe time to work closely with...
...finance the first issue, Gove and the three other officers on the magazine's staff--Paul H. Arnett '87, Ian D. Highet '88, and Sean A. Cote '87--applied for a $2000 grant from the Undergraduate Council, Gove said. Gove said that they hope to pay for subsequent issues with advertisements...
DIED. Helen MacInnes, 77, best-selling novelist of international intrigue; in New York City. Four of her 21 books, including Above Suspicion and Assignment in Brittany, were made into movies. She was married for 46 years to Gilbert Highet, the noted classics scholar and critic who accompanied her on European research trips and who died...
DIED. Gilbert Arthur Highet, 71, whose lively as well as erudite studies dramatically depicted the classical world for millions of readers; of cancer; in Manhattan. The author of 14 books (The Classical Tradition, Juvenal the Satirist) and scores of essays, Highet analyzed the West's debt to ancient Greece and Rome. During three decades at Columbia University, the Scottish-born scholar (he became a U.S. citizen in 1951) won a devoted following by his stirring, animated classroom style, confirming his dictum that teaching does not need "quiet, weak men who want to creep into some little niche...
CAMERA THREE (CBS, 11-11:30 a.m.). Gilbert Highet, critic, scholar and author, attempts to solve a minor but amusing artistic puzzle concerning the identity of the bridegroom in Peasant Wedding, a 16th century painting by Flemish Master Pieter Bruegel...