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Although David P. Bryden '57 argued against the action, the majority voted in a new slate of officers after the minority left. The new board was headed by William D. De Voto '58, who was elected by acclamation...
...decade to decade in Advocate anthologies, which are designed, of course, to pluck the purse-strings of old grads. Occasionally in the past graduates have been asked to contribute to Graduate Issues. One of these contained such gems as "Sitting A Little Apprehensively on the World" by Bernard De Voto, "All, All Wasted" by Conrad Aiken, and "Fools Trespass When Angels Keep Off the Grass," by Thomas W. Slocum...
...Voto was a speech writer and adviser on natural resources for Stevenson during the 1952 campaign. "Another person will probably be found to fill his place, but no one else is so articulate," Harris, an occasional Stevenson adviser, added...
Harris termed De Voto's death a "tremendous loss. He was a man with a tremendous amount of courage who led the fight to get the best development of natural resources without regard for the interests of any particular group," he continued...
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Francis Leo Higginson Professor of History, emeritus, called De Voto "a notable figure in our generation." He added that "some of us thought his forthright stands were very enlightened...