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Andrew P. Heiskell '28 took charge of finding Roderick M. MacDougall '51 to replace Putnam--who retires this month--as treasurer, and says he is especially interested in helping choose who gets Honorary Degrees at Commencement Charles P. Schlicter, a professor of physics at the University of Illinois, is widely respected for his judgement on academic matters. The freshman member of the board, Colman M. Mockler Jr. '52, has not yet received wide attention in any specific area...
...Schlicter's appointment, however, in 1970--along with Yale historian John Morton Blum '43, who has since retired--marked a significant turning point for the board. It was the first time a professor from another university had been chosen, and members say it was an important move, bringing an additional perspective to the University...
...appointment of Professors Schlicter and Blum to the Corporation itself this year may both reflect this desire and give it further impetus. Thus the national figures most often discussed in the press as potential Presidents may finally be overlooked...
When asked whether he believed in the necessity of a National Service Act, and whether he thought there would be one, Professor Sumner H. Schlicter, of the Economics Department, said "No. The government should have authority to call strikes back to work, as an obligation of citizenship, but it should not have the broad powers of shifting men from one job to another...
From Harvard: James B. Conant '14, Merle Fainsod, Richard V. Gilbert '23, Henry M. Hart, Jr. '26, Arthur N. Holcombe '06, Edward Mims, Jr., Sumner H. Schlicter, Alan R. Sweezy '29, and John H. Williams...