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Already depleted in the past year by the retirement of William Scott Ferguson, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History, and the death of Roger Bigelow Merriman '96, Gurney Professor of History and Political Science, the History Department will be further weakened by the loss of two of its best known figures. Avoiding new appointments until return of its absent members, it will attempt to pull through the interim period with the assistance of visiting lecturers, four of whom were announced earlier this week...
Recent news of the retirement of William Scott Ferguson, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History, has attracted more attention in international academic circles than in Cambridge, for while Professor Ferguson has in the past played a major role in Harvard administration he is known primarily as a scholar--"one of the most distinguished ancient historians of his time," to quote a colleague...
Appointed to an assistant professorship in History in 1908, Professor Ferguson attained the full professorship in 1912, after the publication in the previous year of his masterpiece, "Hellenistic Athens." He won the McLean chair, which he has held until this time, in 1929, and for many years he was chairman of the History Department...
Bowles turned his sailboat over to the Coast Guard, and moved his wife and three of his children from his Connecticut home to a modest, rented house in McLean, Va. and set to work...
...Trumans have been guests at Mrs. McLean's before, but not the guests of honor. Mrs. McLean's parties are different now. She serves California wine, usually a clear soup, frequently skips the fish course. The Trumans like cards and music, so there will be bridge. Pianist Evelyn Tynor will play, and Tenor Lauritz Melchior will be there...