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Though the GSD only occupies one building, its spirit might be said to extend to many others on campus and in the area. In addition to Sert's work, the Countway Medical Library, Loeb Drama Center, and Pusey Library were all designed by Hugh Stubbins, Jr. (MAR '35). Even the controversial $52,000 Johnson Gatehouse was farmed out to a GSD grad, Graham Gund (MAR '68). In Boston, GSD buildings include the Federal Reserve Bank (Stubbins), Boston City Hall (Professors of Architecture Gerhard M. Kallmann and Noel M. McKinnell), and the John Hancock Tower (Professor of Architecture Harry N. Cobb...
...Pusey served as president of Harvard from 1953 to 1971, when Bok succeeded him. He engineered a major strengthening of the University--and ordered police to storm University Hall after the 1969 takeover...
...recipients are Nathan M. Pusey '28, Mary Bunting Smith, David Aloian '49, Erwin N. Griswold, James L. Adams, Kenneth R. Andrews, Edward L. Barnes '38, Marvin Bower, Allan R. Crite, Paul A. Freund, Francis Keppel '38, Margaret G. Kivelson '50, Adetokunbo O. Lucas, Agnes Mongan, Raymond J. Nagle, Edward M. Purcell, Muriel S. Snowden '38, Harry Starr '21, Robert G. Stone Jr. '45, and Carl W. Walter...
From the beginning of his career as a Harvard administrator, Bok has taken a calm, almost court-room like attitude toward controversy on campus. His style presents a striking contrast to his predecessor, Nathan M. Pusey '28, who in 1969 ordered police to forcibly evict student protesters who had seized University Hall. The bloody incident sparked a three-day University wide strike. Pusey announced his intention to resign shortly thereafter that turbulent spring, but the strife-torn University remained divided...
...less confrontational approach to potentially violent protest is a notable departure from Pusey's twilight years. As Bok walked by University Hall during the 1969 takeover, someone asked him if he was glad that students hadn't occupied one of his buildings. The future president jokingly responded, "I think we'll all have our chance...