Harvard Law School - Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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- Accepting the challenge of teaching top students in an atmosphere of academic heedom and achievement, many of world are members ofthe the greatest legal educators in the Harvard Law School faculty Continuing z'n the paths of Such leaders as Amesg Williston, Gray, Chaffee and Frank- jurten these men have been an inspz'ration and guide to thousands of lawyers. From tax statutes to lectures, trea- tises and casebooks, their work leads the legal profession everywhere in the study and practice of the Law. Eagerbz working on projects not undertaken by other lawyers, these men broaden and strengthen our legal framework. Within fill'-S' jeamework, professors and students alike strive for academic excellence.

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Nathan Marsh Pusey President of Harva ra' U niversily The twenty-fourth President of Harvard was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on April 4, 1907, and acceeded to his present position forty-six years later. After graduating from Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs, he entered Harvard College, where he majored in English and Comparative Litera- ture, and graduated with an A.B. magna cum laude in 1928. Mr. Pusey then traveled in Europe for one year, and upon his return began teaching near New York City, at the Riverdale Country School. After receiving his M.A. degree in 1932, he served as part-time assistant in History at Harvard during 1932-33 and spent the fol- lowing year studying in Greece as an Archi- bald Coolidge Fellow. In 1935, President Pusey went to Lawrence College as a Sophomore Tutor in an experi- 18 mental program of liberal arts education, but subsequently returned to Harvard to complete his graduate work, receiving a Ph.D. in 1937. Mr. Pusey was an Assistant Professor of History and Literature at Scripps College from 1938 to 1940. In the latter year, he joined the faculty of Wesleyan University to take part in the development of new liberal arts courses for freshmen and sophomores. Three years later he became an Associate Pro- fessor of Classics. In 1944, he was named President of Lawrence College, where he served nine years. In 1953, Mr. Pusey was elected President of Harvard. His administration has been mark- ed by vigorous efforts and achievements inin- creasing the endowment of the University and improving its physical plant.