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...Kaysen, director of the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., said at that time that "important business" forced him to cancel the lecture...
Sources indicated, however, that a dispute at the Institute influenced his decision. The dispute arose when Kaysen nominated Robert N. Bellah '48 for a one-year term despite a 14-6 vote against the appointment by the Institute's permanent faculty...
...lecture series became embroiled in a minor controversy last March when the 1972-73 lecturer, Carl Kaysen, cancelled just four days before the scheduled talks...
...following vote: 15 in favor, 2 opposed, 6 abstaining. (c)The present professor of Social Science, Geertz, was appointed after a faculty vote in which there was no opposition. (d)Of the 17 members of the faculty of 27 who have publicly voiced their lack of confidence in Dr. Kaysen, 8 are professors of Historical Studies...
...trustees refused and Kaysen declined to resign. He insists that the faculty vote against Bellah was only advisory, and that the future of the institute will be charted by the director and trustees. He suggests that the faculty "cool down and get back to work." Bellah also has refused to resign. Viewing himself as a scapegoat, he says, half-jokingly: "This place lacks the normal frictions to release aggressions, so they come out in situations like this." Then, rather sadly gazing out of his window, he adds: "You know, this is a somewhat strange place...