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And guests at the dinners have heard a wide array of theories and tales beyond the ears of most students and alumni. Classicist Gregory Nagy told legends of the Ad Board, and Thomas C. Schelling addressed the economics of death. Biochemist Mark Ptashne recalled his efforts during the '60s to...
Mark H. Moore, Guggenheim Professor of Criminal Justice and Policy Management, headed the two-and-a-half year study initiated to advise the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism on the effectiveness of current alcohol-control policies. Thomas C. Schelling, Littauer Professor of Political Economic, was also a member...
Thomas Schelling, Littauer Professor of Political Economy, who criticized ROTC in Faculty debates 12 years ago, says the 1969 Faculty legislation represents an academic principle that should not depend on the fluctuating popularity of the armed forces.
The government should not have "a direct line" to students at a university, Schelling adds. "Obviously Harvard lives in the real world," he says, but "the idea is to minimize compromise with the real world, to preserve the idea of an ivory tower. Our service is to the culture, not...
"It's hard for me to imagine anything quite as scary as things seemed to be in the 1930's" Schelling said, adding, "I don't really expect things will be so bad as the past."