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...District Court Judge Charles E. Wyzanski Jr. '27, a nationally acclaimed legal thinker and longtime Harvard affiliate, died in Boston Wednesday...
...tiger on the bench," according to an associate, Wyzanski was known for his progressive opinions in cases ranging from state corruption to selective service. He died suddenly of a massive cerebral hemorrhage...
...himself in the legal issues but also diligently learned everything about cranberries, including how weather and flooding affect them. In court he meticulously demolished the association's case. St. Clair won treble damages of $525,000 for his client and rare praise in court from Judge Charles E. Wyzanski Jr., who described his performance as "a model not likely to be surpassed...
...Radcliffe Institute in Longfellow Park last week evoked predictable advice for the future from Harvard administrators. Women should use the shuttle bus more, President Horner said, and try to walk in groups. President Bok's faculty committee on violent crime swung into action. Federal district judge Charles E. Wyzanski '27 urged students to set up patrols of their own. David S. Landes, professor of History, said faculty members should devote some time to studying possible solutions to violence in the area, and James Vorenberg '48, professor of Law and director of the Center for Criminal Justice, assigned three members...
...view of the common assumption of the critics of Richard Herrnstein, as reported in Crimson columns, that his article on intelligence testing can only be used to harm minorities and those who do poorly on such tests, it may be of interest that Judge D.J. Wyzanski, in ruling last December against the use of a general intelligence type test in selecting Boston policemen, based himself in Herrnstein's article as an authority. The case was brought by unsuccessful black and Puerto Rican applicants for policemen's jobs. Applicants from these groups failed the general intelligence type test disproportionately, and Judge...