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Peter F. Hagerty '68, one of the panelists, said he had regarded his Navy ROTC service as "rather benign," until he was called upon to serve in Vietnam--and refused. Hagerty did go to Vietnam, however, as a lawyer defending soldiers in cases against the military. Though a civilian, he saw a lot of killing, he said...
Stories on regular College activities were squeezed out as ROTC and military service news occupied constant front-page coverage. In a strange juxtaposition, one story reported "Air Raid Hits Yard Concert...
John "Buzz" Sawhill notes that community service, through the Phillips Brooks House (PBH), was a more prevalent aspect of campus life in his era. "[Phillips Brooks House] was a highly regarded undergraduate program," he says. Sawhill participated in the seemingly divergent activities of ROTC and PBH. But he says the offices of both Harvard cadet colonel and PBH president shared the same ultimate goal: doing service. And the entire community, he says, shared his desire to serve. "Harvard undergraduates in the 1940s were involved," he says...
...Faculty Council votes to recommend that Harvard's participation in ROTC programs be suspended if insufficient progress had been made in resolving issues of discrimination by the military on the basis of sexual orientation
...Spring 1992--President Rudenstine establishes ROTC Committee to analyze Faculty position and advise on further action. Committee issues delayed report in the early fall...