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...Niebuhr, an accomplished scholar and researcher, has relished his academic career...
...Since our 50th reunion is coming up, I've started to think about the fact that 50 years have passed," Niebuhr says. "I don't mean to sound smug, but I don't think that I could have chanced into a better life than teaching here.... It is continual intellectual stimulation...
Neibuhr's "chance" began when he was in the Navy. He had applied and been accepted to Harvard as a civilian, but enlisted in the Navy when he turned 18. Ironically, his officers' training unit was stationed at Harvard, where he lived in Eliot House. Two of Niebuhr's peers in the officers training program, Steven M. Shafroth '47 and Raymond F. Sullivan '47, will also be returning to Harvard for the reunion...
Along with classes in naval engineering, Niebuhr was allowed to take one elective. Thus began his study of philosophy...
...became clear to me that when I returned to Harvard as a civilian...I Wanted to concentrate in philosophy," Niebuhr says. "I found it fascinating...