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Most writers who choose not to teach their books, however, do so for other reasons. John Kenneth Galbraith, now Warburg Professor of Economics Emeritus, used to lecture his classes from notes he compiled in the course of writing a book. As soon as he completed the manuscript, he would move on to teach another course in another branch of economics in the interest of preventing boredom. For the same reason, Craig, Fairbank and Reischauer consistently lecture in Soc Sci 11 on the parts of the East Asian tome they didn't write. Loomis decided to leave his Math I teaching...
...Kennedy and Johnson years. No matter where you looked, there was a Harvard personality in a top government job: Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. '38, former professor of History at Harvard, was special assistant to the President; Edwin O. Reischauer, University Professor, was ambassador to Japan; John Kenneth Galbraith, Warburg Professor of Economics Emeritus, was ambassador to India; McGeorge Bundy, former dean of the Faculty, was the President's national security advisor; Archibald Cox '34, Williston Professor of Law, was solicitor-general. The list was seemingly endless...
Otto Eckstein, Warburg Professor of Economics, said of Brimmer yesterday, "It should be no surprise that Brimmer is leaving. There are many places in need of his services. He is a brilliant individual and is really in great demand all over the country...
Divorced. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., 61, son of the 32nd President of the U.S. and board chairman of Fiat-Roosevelt Motors; and Felicia W. Roosevelt, 49, daughter of the late financier-philanthropist Paul Felix Warburg; after five years of marriage; in Poughkeepsie...
Richard E. Caves, professor of Economics, is the first recipient of the $5000 Graduates' Award for Good Teaching in Economics established last June by John Kenneth Galbraith, Warburg Professor Emeritus of Economics...