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Déclassé Profession. Unlike many civil-libertarians, Williams acquired his lofty ideals in courtrooms rather than classrooms. The son of a Hartford department-store floorwalker, he helped support his family as a filling-station attendant. A flawless student, he was awarded a scholarship to Holy Cross and graduated...
In this age of specialization, the renaissance man is becoming hard to find. Yet, the curiosity of the most inventive thinkers in every field has always extended far beyond the limits of a single discipline. Leonardo Da Vinci is as famous for his inventions as for his paintings, and the...
Gordon should fit easily into the Hopkins community since he insists that he is "only an amateur diplomat-my true profession is being a university professor." He taught political science and economics at Harvard for nearly 20 years, interspersed his teaching with government service, ranging from World War II'...
A sturdily built, wavy-haired man with a Mozartean profile, Davis has about him an air of modesty that is all but unknown in his ego-happy profession. He disdains publicity, regards the rantings and ravings of fellow conductors as a bloody bore. "At the Met," he says, "they seem...
The Harvard School of Dental Medicine was the first university dental school established in America. It will be 100 years old next year. Though it is the smallest dental school in the country, it is by no means the least influential. Its program was drastically revised in 1941 to enable...