Word: mathers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...University faculty members who would presumably be among next week's witnesses, Kirtley F. Mather, professor of Goology, said last night that he did not expect to be called...
...Browder battle grew in intensity through the week. By Friday the Massachusetts Civil Liberties Committee had added their prestige to the forces opposing the University's ban. The issue was brought to a head over the weekend when four Harvard professors, Arthur N. Holcombe, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Kirtley F. Mather, and David W. Prall protested the ruling and asked the Corporation to reconsider. The Attorney General of the United States, Frank Murphy, joined in the growing protest to the ruling...
...subcommittee officially released the name of only one witness, Kirtley F. Mather, professor of Geology. It is known, however, that Harlow Shapley, Paine Professor of Practical Astronomy, and Mrs. Helen Deane Markham, assistant professor of Anatomy, also testified. Mrs. Markham, whose contract expires in June, has twice invoked the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution when testifying before the Jenner Committee of the United States Senate...
...Mather Statement...
Leaving the State House after more than an hour on the witness stand, Mather said, "The committee was interested in investigation of cases of infiltration with which I was familiar. I welcomed the opportunity to indicate the efforts at infiltration with which I was familiar, many of which were unsuccessful...