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...Americans' rejection of almost anything old that is not a marketable antique. In no aspect of the nation's life has this been more evident than in the reckless, relentless assault on old buildings and neighborhoods. The "pull-down-and-build-over spirit," as Walt Whitman dubbed it, has been incalculably costly in terms of aesthetics, energy and the sense of continuity that binds communities and generations together...
...Whitman joined the Harvard Faculty in 1947. He became an associate professor in 1954, and was named the first Jones Professor of Classic Literature in 1966. He assumed the Eliot Professorship...
...Whitman won the 1958 Christian Gauss Prize for his work on Homer. He authored a volume of poetry, "Orpheus and the Moon Craters" (1941), and a long narrative poem, "Abelard...
Born in Providence, R.I. in 1916, Whitman graduated summa cum laude from Harvard in 1943. He earned his Ph.d. from the University...
...member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Whitman was awarded Guggenheim Fellowships in 1961 and 1976. He is survived by his wife Ann, of Cambridge, and their daughters Rachel and Leda. The family will hold private services...