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Ford Professor of Social Sciences Emeritus David Riesman '31 says that he considered teaching elsewhere after he was compelled to retire in 1980, but he too feels that Harvard is like home...
Since his decision to remain in Cambridge, Riesman has remained busy as ever. Besides researching academic institutions, he serves on the executive board of the Kennedy School and has taken an active role on President Derek C. Bok's panel on evaluating teaching. In 1984, he served on a national commission working to strengthen university presidential leadership...
Despite his multitude of commitments, Riesman still has time to deliver spot lectures, write recommendations, and advise doctoral students. He sums up his retirement by saying, "My life has changed very little...
...Riesman, who taught sociology under the General Education system from 1958 to 1976, said that his job was "very arduous." "I wasn't sorry to drop that burden," he says...
Other professors agreed with Riesman. "After my many years, I relish the freedom not to have to be in a particular room at a particular time," says Freund...