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...research taught Harvard a number of lessons. Even science has its obligation to deal openly with the public. I think all of us are better off for having fought that one out. And now that the dust has settled, I like to think that I can include Matthew Meselson and Walter Gilbert on my list of friends. I suspect that they feel the same...
...mental disturbance many vets have faced since the war. Efforts must be made along federal and state level's to see whether Agent Orange is indeed as dangerous as feared. If so, the government must take responsibility to help remedy the effect of its past negligence. Dr. Matthew M. Meselson, Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences and one of those send to Vietnam to monitor the defoliant in 1970, testified this month in front of a Massachusetts State panel that the federal government should begin widespread medical testing of those vets exposed to Agent Orange to define the problem...
...Board, and Thomas C. Schelling addressed the economics of death. Biochemist Mark Ptashne recalled his efforts during the '60s to bring an anti-war resolution before the Faculty, and psychologist R.J. Herrnstein spoke of his battles with the SDS, who occupied his office, claiming his research was racist. Matthew Meselson, also a biochemist, advocated a "Great Books House," where all the residents follow the same freshman year curriculum, and Dean of Admissions L. Fred Jewett '57 told of wiles and intrigues of past Harvard applicants. The former secretary of labor and former Dean of the Faculty John T. Dunlop told...
Because countries can produce binary weapons more easily than the unitary ones used in the past, they would be more likely to use them, Meselson said...
...Meselson labelled the safety advantages offered by binary munitions "small," saying the $2 billion to develop the weapons could be better spent. "There are other ways to show the Russians we are serious," he said...