Word: nathan
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...April 1969, several hundred students occupied University Hall for almost two days before then-President Nathan M. Pusey '28 sent in 400 police officers to evict them forcibly. A three-day student strike followed the bust, and the turmoil led to faculty acceptance of the protester's demands, which included the abolition of ROTC on campus and the creation of an Afro-American Studies Department...
...discussion began with a slide presentation accompanied by original 1969 WHRB broadcasts, illustrating the building sit-in aimed at the expulsion of the Harvard Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) unit. The crowd hissed as the image of then-President Nathan M. Pusey '28 appeared on the screen above the panel, and cheered at the flashing picture of students inside University Hall...
...height of the disputes in the spring of 1969, faculty meetings were held almost daily, with then-President Nathan M. Pusey '28 and then-Dean of the Faculty Franklin L. Ford presiding. For the first time, student visitors were allowed after the takeover, and the faculty voted to allow WHRB broadcasts of their highly charged sessions...
Community activists like Graham began to openly challenge Harvard. In 1970 Graham staged an open attack on the University's most sacred tradition--the annual Commencement Exercises. With the aid of students, several community activists walked on stage and demanded to meet with President Nathan M. Pusey '28 and the Harvard Corporation...
...fourth day of the protest, Old Mole printed the infamous 'Dear Nate' letter--a stolen correspondence from then-Dean of the Faculty Franklin L. Ford to Nathan M. Pusey '28, the Harvard president in 1969. The letter had been "liberated" from office files during the University Hall takeover...