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In addition, Bainbridge was instrumental in convincing the Navy to utilize radar on its ships to combat German submarines, recalls Edward M. Purcell, a retired professor of physics from Harvard.
"People now as a rule don't remember how chancy the thing was," Purcell says. "The war in the Atlantic was very nearly lost. The submarines were sinking American freighter ships by the dozens, I mean literally. It was radar that came along, and radar used on the ships finally...
The evening, which began with a soprano performance of Bach, concluded with Henry Purcell's "Come Ye Sons of Art Away," performed by The Centenary Chamber Orchestra; accompanying singers Pamela Murray, David Clegg, David Walker and Stephen Hermes; and the Harvard University Choir.
Following an introductory talk by Porter University Professor Helen Vendler, poets Seamus Heaney, John Ashberry and Jorie Graham will read selections from their work. The evening will end with "Come Ye Sons of Art" by Henry Purcell, performed by the University Choir and the Centenary Chamber Orchestra.
Early on there were many who were considered favorites, including Archibald Cox '34, a law school professor and later the Watergate special prosecutor, McGeorge Bundy, a top member of the Kennedy-Johnson brain-trust and former dean of the faculty, Robert D. Cross '47, dean of Swarthmore College, Dr. John...