Word: fairbanks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...When he's studying Chinese politics, which is organized in factions, he can use his experience with factions in British politics," says John K. Fairbank, Higginson Professor of History, Emeritus, who taught MacFarquhar in the early 1950s...
...done some remarkable work academically," says Fairbank. "He's not just a politician...
...idea for the fund "spontaneously generated" after Fletcher's death in June, said Fairbank. He and seven other faculty members, mostly from the East Asian Studies Department-including former Dean of the Faculty Henry Rosovsky, Barker Professor, of Economics formed a temporary committee to begin the long process of raising money...
Speakers at the memorial service will include Francis W. Cleaves, professor of Far Eastern Studies emeritus, who will speak of Fietcher's achievements in mastering an extraordinary number of Asian languages in the course of his research, and Fairbank, who will emphasize Fletcher's groundbreaking work in Asian history...
Fletcher was also popular among students and won the Undergraduate Council's Joseph R. Levenson award for excellence in leaching. "He was devoted to students, he really did everything for them," said Fairbank, who expected many of Fletcher's pupils to appear at the service...