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According to the Reverend Peter J. Gomes, Plummer professor of Christian Morals, Pusey minister in the Memorial Church and resident Harvard historian, the only institution with which the Harvard presidency can be properly compared is the Papacy...
...mother said he couldn’t spell—Harvard invited him in. Until 1953, the chemist and self-made man would promote the sciences, standardization, and academic scholarships, and often worked off-campus on the Manhattan Project. Conant’s successor Nathan M. Pusey ’28, had a strong presence at Harvard, and not just for academic reasons. An August 8, 1953 headline from the Boston Globe stated that, according to the “girls,” Pusey was “the best-looking head ever at Harvard...
...Andrew B. Schlesinger ’70, author of “Veritas: Harvard College and the American Experience.” “You only hear about the Overseers when they do something exceptional,” he said yesterday, citing the 1953 election of Nathan M. Pusey ’28 when two overseers—J. Robert Oppenheimer ’25 and Joseph Alsop ’32—opposed Pusey’s candidacy. Unanimity is generally expected, Schlesinger said. In the last presidential search, Lawrence H. Summers also gained unanimous approval from...
...president of Harvard, Faust will also have the opportunity to project her presence across the country and around the world. The early tenure of Nathan M. Pusey ’28 is emblematic of the power of the office, as Pusey used his newfound stature to become a leading national voice against McCarthy-era attacks on the academy...
...Peter J. Gomes is Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, posts he has held since 1974, four years after he came to Harvard. He teaches Religion 1513 “The History of Harvard and Its Presidents...