Word: professor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...deferences and jolted them into action. It radicalized many Faculty members who could not believe Pusey could have taken such an action. Few faculty supported the occupation, which most dismissed as silly or an unforgiveable resort to violence--but the liberals found the bust ultimately more disturbing. Stanley Hoffmann, professor of Government, notes, "The dividing line was on attitudes toward the bust, even if one disagreed with the students--as did Michael Walzer and I, who thought the takeover stupid and silly. But calling the police was silly--it radicalized the rest of the student body--and just plain wrong...
This conviction prompted Hoffmann and Walzer to ask a number of other Faculty members to attend a meeting at Sever Hall to discuss the bust. About 100 faculty attended the meeting, from which emerged the liberal caucus, led by Hoffmann, Walzer and Wassily Leontief, then professor of Economics. They drew up a four-point resolution condemning both the student takeover and Pusey's action; the motion specifically indicated Pusey, saying he had "misinterpreted the Faculty vote on ROTC" and stating that his public statements "were a major source of the current disturbance." The resolution also "deplored the lack of consultation...
...thought we lived in an enchanted world of great men. We found that when they [the rest of the Faculty] gave in to student demands they were in many ways worse than the national average in terms of civil courage,"--Richard E. Pipes, Baird Professor of History, a hardliner during the Harvard strike...
Today, many leading members of the caucus still bristle at the mere mention of the words "Harvard Strike," or even the year 1969. Most refuse to talk about the subject. George B. Kistiakowsky, professor of Chemistry Emeritus and a former caucus leader, went so far as to say he does not remember anything that went on ten years ago: "I plead the Fifth Amendment," he added. John T. Dunlop, Lamont Professor of Economics, who was dean of the Faculty during the early '70s, refused even to listen to questions about the strike...
...about the strike, the subject remains sensitive. The term "conservative," for instance, still irritates some former members of the caucus, who claim they were moderates. "There was no such thing as a 'conservative' caucus except in the eyes of those who wanted to tar their colleagues," asserts Arthur Maass, professor of Government and a participant in the meetings. "The only thing that united them (caucus members) was loyalty to the University, not outside forces...