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Harvard reaction to the decision was reserved. It appeared the decision was expected, at least by several professors who had opposed the research or urged caution in the past, including Richard C. Lewontin '50, professor of Biology, and Everett I. Mendelsohn, professor of History and Science...
...half-day package of seminars held this Saturday at Science Center B will aim at teaching anyone who attends--but especially non-scientists--the ins and outs of recombinant DNA research. Cambridge City Councilwoman Saundra Graham, MIT biologist Alan Silverstone and Everett Mendelsohn, Harvard professor of the History of Science, will conduct workshops from 9 till 1 on DNA research and how it could affect society. The Biohazards Action Committee, a group that wants to go slow on recombinant DNA research, plans to have this first teach-in on the subject touch on all the relevant political and scientific questions...
...program has given retired persons "something to do in their lives" allowing them to remain active and intellectually stimulated, Mendelsohn said...
Everett I. Mendelsohn, professor of the History of Science, yesterday called the question of the moratorium's length a "moot point," because the P-3 containment labs needed for the research will not be ready at Harvard until later in the spring...
...Mendelsohn added he considers the moratorium "a responsible move, and hope others will see it as such and act in a responsible manner...