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...Etched on the Ivy-covered Dexter gate to Harvard Yard and memorized by thousands of Harvard students and faculty, this unofficial motto has been a guiding principle of our institution for generations. It is a principle that found its realization in the life of Daniel Patrick Moynihan...
Last week Harvard, New York and America lost of one of its most prescient and luminary minds. Moynihan will be remembered most for his service to his Country: his near quarter-century representing New York in the United States Senate, his enormous impact as adviser to four consecutive United States presidents, and his distinguished tenure as ambassador to India and to the United Nations...
...political scientist, he was at the very top,” said Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield ’53, who chaired the government department during Moynihan’s time at Harvard. And true to his social science training, Moynihan was always guided by his research when formulating his policy proposals: he always tried to find solutions to fit reality, not fashion a reality to suit his solution...
Last year, as Moynihan was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from Harvard, University President Lawrence H. Summers lauded his “profound contribution to both the life of the mind and life of the nation.” He gave his whole mind—and mindfulness—to that service of others. In doing so, he gave hope to millions of Americans, and inspiration to us who dare to dream of doing the same...
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a former Harvard professor of government, senator, ambassador to India and the U.N., and assistant secretary of labor died in Washington last Wednesday of complications of an appendectomy...