Word: layzer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...College often must pay salaries to grad students hired for classes that draw fewer students than anticipated," David R. Layzer '46, Menzel Professor of Astrophysics and a council member, said yesterday...
...Members now say, however, that the heated debate that action provoked, and a Faculty by-law allowing any professor to raise an issue during a Faculty meeting make its reappearance inevitable--particularly since GSA leaders have pledged to seek discussion of their proposal by the full Faculty. As David Layzer, Menzel Professor of Astrophysics and a Faculty Council member, says, "Any Faculty member can bring it to the Faculty--the council can't prevent...
Citing conversations with minority students as having "shaped his ideas," Layzer argued that some may view the Foundation as an attempt to pacify students groups, adding its likely failure "would reinforce the cynical notion that Harvard doesn't care...
...David Layzer, Menzel Professor of Astrophysics, agreed, calling the Foundation "an additional bureaucracy" and adding. "Our task is not to provide a haven for students who do not find an environment congenial. It is to change that environment...
...criticized the argument advanced by his colleagues that the Houses should serve as the center for promotion race relations, noting. "The Houses are themselves exclusive" and added. "A little help from a central organization can go a long way. I don't think I share Professor Layzer's fear of bureaucracy...