Word: hoffmann
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...perfectly logical choice," Stanley H. Hoffmann, Wylie's successor as Dillon Professor of French Civilization--who received the same honor in 1976--said yesterday. "My only question is why it has taken so long--Wylie should have won it earlier," he added...
Nearly every week for the past year and a half, Jim Mitchell has had a Harvard professor to dinner. As founder and host of the "Faculty-Alumni Dinner Series," he has discussed astronomy and science with David Layzer and foreign affairs with Stanley Hoffmann; he has debated economics with Stephen Marglin and politics with Nathan Glazer; he has heard Dean Rosovsky's reflections on the Core Curriculum and President Horner's views on women's education. In all, he's hosted more than 50 of Harvard's senior faculty members and administrators. The dinner series-- a brainchild which Mitchell instituted...
...laureate in physics.* The other half of the award will be shared equally by two Americans, Nicolaas Bloembergen, 61, a Dutch-born Harvard professor, and Arthur Schawlow, 60, of Stanford. The prize in chemistry will go to Kenichi Fukui, 63, of Japan's Kyoto University, and Roald Hoffmann, 44, of Cornell University...
Problems in teaching Core courses will justify reviewing the entire Core curriculum program within a few years. Stanley H. Hoffmann, Dillon Professor of the civilization of France, said yesterday at a panel discussion on teaching Social Analysis and Moral Reasoning courses...
...Hoffmann said most Core courses "presuppose more of a knowledge of history than most of our students come with," and added that section leaders often come to the Core with widely varied preparation and background...