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...School has come a long way since 1937. It was called The Graduate School of Public Administration, before 1966 when a $10 million grant from the Kennedy's changed it's name and boosted its image. Located in Littauer Center, along with the Government and Economics Departments, it "had to rely on the part-time volunteer services of those two departments' faculties in order to do its teaching," Don K. Price, professor of Government, and dean of the School from 1958 until 1977, recalls...
Many of Fisher's Harvard colleagues believe his approach to conflicts is a useful and innovative one. Ernest R. May, professor of History, who concentrates on foreign affairs, says Fisher is "very able, very stimulating, very provocative. He has a very practical approach." Thomas C. Schelling, Littauer Professor of Political Economy and an inventor of the highly-influential "game theory," says Fisher "has a lot of good ideas and a lot of bad ideas, but many people don't get any ideas. He's an optimist and he may be off in the clouds, but people...
...other college libraries, Widener, Houghton, Pusey, Littauer, Harvard-Yenching, and Fine Arts, will be open Wednesday, November 23 and Friday, November 25 from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., and will be closed Sunday, November...
...Following the example of the Rand Corporation, a private think tank, the government began to apply economic theory, systems analysis and other sophisticated techniques to governmental problems--creating a new demand for trained public servants. Bankers and lawyers were superseded by economists and political scientists, and in 1966 the Littauer School became the Kennedy School, offering more degrees, formulating its own curriculum, and gaining its own faculty...
...version of the Kennedy School, Ira Jackson '70, assistant dean of the Kennedy School, says, because not enough time has passed to judge the career paths and accomplishments of its alumni. Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Sen. William Proxmire (D-Wis.) graduated from the old Littauer School, and Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Thomas P. O'Neill III is currently enrolled in the MPA program. But for the most part, the school aims to prepare the non-elected public servant. Recent graduates include Congressional legislative aides, staff analysts, a state cabinet secretary and agency heads. Jackson is quick to point...