Word: struik
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Other academics were not as fortunate, however. Marcus Singer, a former Harvard Zoology instructor, was convicted of contempt of Congress and sentenced to a suspended three-month jail term and a $100 fine. Dirk J. Struik, an MIT mathematics professor, was indicated for conspiring to overthrow the government of the United States and of Massachusetts. After four years of waiting, the court finally dismissed the indictment...
...House Un-American Activities Committee openly censured Harvard and several College professors for their pro-Struik actions. "History alone will show how many of Struik's students were led by him down the road to Communism," the committee said