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...Seattle lawyer claimed that the U. of Washington was correct in barring Oppenheimer from the lectureship because of his testimony before the Atomic Energy Committee. "The hearings indicate that he is an undesirable person with an unsavory record and the professors who won't speak here are being ridiculous," he said...
...letter stated: "There can be no question as to Dr. Oppenheimer's scientific competency; his academic attainments are evidenced by his recent reappointment as director of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study. We can only assume that although Dr. Oppenheimer's tenure of the Walker Ames visiting lectureship would have had nothing to do with security matters, he was not invited because of the events surrounding the withdrawal of his security clearance by the Atomic Energy Commission...
Although the lectureship is nominally for poetry, the endowment specifically calls for a broad interpretation of this definition so that such other fields as music and fine arts may be included...
...found to give the lecture, the Godkin post will be the second visiting lectureship to remain unfilled this year. Earlier this fall, the Corporation voted to omit the Charles Eliot Norton lectureship on poetry until next year...
There have been other years when no Godkin lectures were given, and it is not compulsory that they be presented every year. If they are not given this year, the Godkin chair will be the second visiting lectureship unfilled this year. Last week it was announced that the Charles Eliot Norton lectures on poetry would not be given...