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According to History of Science Professor Everett Mendelsohn, who said he had supported the faculty petition, the concerns about testing were twofold. “One was that the increased input of radiation into the atmosphere could be harmful,” he said...
According to Mendelsohn, “the second and most compelling” argument for a test ban was that nuclear testing increased tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, which was also testing nuclear weapons at the time. Mendelsohn said each nation would respond to the other’s tests by trying to do something “bigger or better...
...early 60s, the issue didn’t loom large in student life,” Mendelsohn said. “I’d say for many students, nuclear testing was somewhat esoteric...
...faculty] petition cause the signing? No. But I think that that petition and others at other places brought that forward,” Mendelsohn said...
Over ten professors were honored with teaching and mentoring awards—including the John H. Marquand Award for Exceptional Advising and Counseling, the Roslyn Abramson Award, the Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Prize, and the Everett Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award...