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Second, the concept of the Institute as a research and graduate institution does not merely represent the personal preference of Professor Brimmer or myself. The proposal for a "national research center" was made by the McCree Committee to Review the Department of Afro-American Studies in October 1972. In its report, the Committee envisaged an institute which "could become a center for thought and scholarship and help to fill a void in quality research and publications on Afro-American Studies. This concept was endorsed by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on January 16, 1973 in recommending "the establishment...
...preliminary indication that Guinier will not long continue in his capacity as chairman came when the Committee to Review The Department of Afro-American Studies, chaired by Wade McCree, a judge in Detroit, Mich., issued its report to the Faculty in October 1972. Recommendation IIIa of the report was: "The chairmanship of the Department should be on a rotating basis every three or four years in accordance with Harvard practice." The upcoming academic year will be Guinier's fourth as Afro's chairman...
Third, in order to correct the mistaken proposal of the McCree Committee-the only recommendation of the Committee I question-that the DuBois Institute be organized on an interuniversity basis, it is necessary to stipulate in faculty legislation that the Institute will be solely Harvard controlled and should be organized, in terms of its governing board, on a university-wide basis. The better feature will guarantee the DuBois Institute that range and quality of academic skills without which it cannot succeed...
...letter to President Bok accompanying the report, Wade H. McCree, the chairman of the Review Committee, said "no member agrees with every word of the text, but significantly, no one felt compelled to file a minority report...
...held his first meetings with the Committee in late December and early January. He initially withheld comment on the sessions, but in late February he said that he felt he had wasted his time talking with the Committee. He described his meetings as being little more than "social gatherings." McCree disagreed with Guinier's assessment, saying that he felt the meetings had been quite productive...