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According to University spokesman John D. Longbrake, 70 percent of the endowment is also currently managed by external investment firms...
After battling a long illness, former Harvard wrestling coach and two-time Crimson All-American John H. Lee Jr. ’53 passed away yesterday. Lee demonstrated lifelong commitment to Harvard wrestling, devoting 35 years to the program as a student-athlete and coach. One of only seven grapplers to be elected to the Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame, Lee enjoyed a stellar career in the Crimson singlet. As a junior and senior, the four-year standout capped his two All-American seasons by finishing fourth in the NCAA championships at 123 lbs. Since that time, only three...
...newly-elected members of the National Academy of Engineering, according to a NAE statement released Friday. Stone was inducted for his research in viscous flow fluid dynamics, and joins 17 other Harvard professors who are currently members of the society. According to fellow NAE member and engineering professor John W. Hutchinson, Stone’s election reflects the quality of the Harvard engineering faculty, and in particular, the significance of his research. “His election is an honor especially for someone as young as him,” he said. Stone is 49. Stone will be departing...
...after the American Civil Liberties Union announced a search for a teacher willing to challenge a state law prohibiting the teaching of evolution. Town leaders, eager to boost the local economy with the media attention a trial would bring, came up with a 24-year-old science teacher named John Thomas Scopes, who was willing to teach Darwinist theory instead of creationism...
...Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat, Rock Around the Clock hit the top of the music charts, and John Dingell was elected to Congress. The 29-year-old lawyer won a special election to replace his father, who died in office, and won a full term of his own the following year. On Feb. 11- after 26 more elections- the Michigan Democrat became the longest-serving House member in U.S. history. Dingell, now 82, spoke with TIME about his early days in Washington, the crisis in the American automobile industry and how he does...