Word: macfarquhar
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Roderick L. MacFarquhar, Williams professor of history and political science, will replace Kenneth A. Shepsle as chair of the Government department next academic year. Shepsle, who has served a three-year term as department chair, officially steps down July...
...MacFarquhar, who is on leave this year, said he has "difficult acts to follow" and the department has had "a series of good chairmen and chairwomen...
...MacFarquhar said he feels that he has "some idea what [the job] involves" because his former position as director of graduate studies in government allowed him to observe Shepsle's work...
...People would ask her why she was a Democrat," MacFarquhar says, "She would always point to Roosevelt and Truman...
...That job was basically briefing Congressmen and Senators on foreign policy...putting things in understandable terms" MacFarquhar says. "She, of course, relied on her good people and communication skills...