Word: rooseveltism
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...different style. He has done battlewith Jesse Helms. He really is sort of in thetradition of Teddy Roosevelt, Class of 1880,Nelson Rockefeller, that wing of the Republicanparty," Mahony says. "And he's a maverick...
Moderated by George A. Plimpton '48, the panel featured three Harvard professors: Lamont University Professor emeritus John T. Dunlop, a labor expert and former cabinet member; Warburg Professor of Economics emeritus John Kenneth Galbraith, a former ambassador and advisor to the Roosevelt Administration; and Arthur M. Schlesinger '38, an American historian and former presidential advisor...
Kaus was first exposed to government-sponsored employment when a team of laborers from the Works Progress Administration (WPA)--the federal commission created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt '04, a former Crimson president, to combat Depression-era unemployment--built a gymnasium at Beverly Hills High. After college, Kaus remembers reading articles endorsing a revival of the WPA during the economic slump in the early 1980s...
...father, James H. Rowe Jr. '31 was a loyal New Dealer in the original Brain Trust during the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt '04, a former Crimson president. In addition, Rowe's mother, Elizabeth, served as chair of the National Capital Planning Commission, leading the effort to preserve and protect the city she called "our national treasure...
...several advantages. Since many of the professors were in the armedservices, Harvard called back retired professorslike Professor McIlwain, who taught politicaltheory with great relish, and Professor Merriman,a passionate devotee of English history. Mostintimidating was Professor William YandellElliott, who shuttled back and forth to Washingtonas adviser to former presidents Roosevelt andTruman. Philosophy Professor Demos, who introducedme to Plato and Aristotle, seemed to be kin to theGreek philosophers. My favorite was the younginstructor Louis Hartz, who later became a fullprofessor of government. From him I learned aboutthe theory of democracy, which has stood me ingood stead as a life-long liberal...