Academic

Ernest May, 1928-2009

By Alfred Brophy

A couple of weeks ago we had the sad news that David Herbert Donald has passed away.  Now comes the news that long-time Harvard history professor Ernest May passed away on Monday, of complications following surgery.  The Harvard Crimson's obituary is here.  The Harvard press release is here.  It reports:

?Ernest was widely recognized as the leading international historian in the country,? says Graham Allison, Douglas Dillon Professor of Government at the Harvard Kennedy School and director of the Belfer Center. ?No historian in recent memory so successfully bridged the chasm between history and public policy. Ernest demonstrated that the best source of insight into current policy choices is to be found in a sound analysis of history. It is hard to visualize Harvard without him.?

Full post as published by The Faculty Lounge on June 03, 2009 (boomark / email).