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...faculty are no less impressive, e.g., Harvey Cox at the Divinity School, Robert Coles in psychiatry, Martin Feldstein in economics. "The critical mass of talent there is stunning," says Chancellor Joseph Duffey of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Faculty ideologies range from the Marxism of Historian John Womack to Galbraith's liberalist economics to the conservative political science of James Q. Wilson to the libertarian ruminations of Philosopher Robert Nozick. "This," says John Shattuck, vice president for government affairs, "is a very dynamic and chaotic institution...
...problem has been compounded in the past few years since at least three of the History Department's most popular professors--Laiou, John Womack, Jr., and Steven E. Ozment--have been saddled with time-consuming administrative posts. Although Harvard has fewer faculty members in administrative posts than other schools, such duties are inevitable. But a wider distribution of administrative responsibilities among the faculty would decrease the burden on individual faculty members to free them for teaching responsibilities and would also promote greater contact between faculty and students...
...John Womack Jr. '59, Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics, said he gave Duehay his endorsement on a recent campaign letter from "Cambridge Educators for Frank Duehay" because of his innovative and positive stands on public education and housing...
...think over a long time he has been a not only sane figure in Cambridge politics but has been on the right side of a lot of issues," Womack said yesterday...
...Americans who care about what the American government does in their name should continue to find ways of opposing the United States' intervention in Central America. What the U.S. government is doing is both grossly illegal and stupid and must be opposed." said Womack, who serves as COCA faculty adviser...