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Harvard’s ROTC program dates back to 1916, when the first army drill unit was established and 1,200 students enlisted...
...Faculty has historically been less friendly to ROTC than has Mass. Hall, having voted in 1993 to exclude the commissioning ceremony from Harvard Yard—a recommendation that was not accepted by the University...
...acceptance among students has varied over time. Emil B. Fleischaker ’42 says that in the late 1930s, for example, ROTC was “frowned upon and we didn’t wear our uniforms...
...ROTC had an honored place at Harvard until 1965 or so,” says Secretary of the Faculty John B. Fox Jr. ’59. “There were considerable facilities on campus...
...April 1969, hundreds of students protesting the Vietnam War took over University Hall, demanding the expulsion of ROTC. That June, after two previous votes had removed privileges and course credit from the ROTC program, the Faculty voted to terminate all ROTC connections to Harvard by June...