Word: littauer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When asked to give his opinion of the usefulness of the recently endowed Littauer School, Mr. Thomas said that training in a political leader is not so important as the purposes which underly his policies. "What is the government for and what are the motives of its officers?" is a more vital question in present day politics than the education of the leaders...
...statement of Lucius N. Littauer, who established the fund, that "We must build up in America a much higher tone among those in our public service than there is today" represents the same creative attitude that initiated the "Dartmouth in Politics" drive two years ago and the Class of '26 fellowship this fall providing $1500 annually to "a member of the senior class for the first-hand study of public affairs in Washington...
Graduating from Harvard in 1878, Mr. Littauer returned to his birthplace and home at Gloversville, New York. Here he manufactured gloves until his election to Congress in 1896. He retained his seat for five terms, retiring voluntarily at the end of the 59th Congress...
Since then his activities have been largely in the philanthropic field. In Gloversville he erected the Nathan Littauer Hospital and Laboratory in memory of his father. This led him to a broad interest in the support of medical research, particularly in the fields of pneumonia, diabetes, cancer, mental hygiene, and heart disease...
With this broad purpose, he has provided the opportunity to hundreds of young men and women for higher education toward professional and social betterment careers. In 1925 he established the Nathan Littauer Professorship of Jewish Literature and Philosophy at Harvard