Almost as soon as he took office in 1953, Harvard's President Nathan Pusey made one thing clear: whatever else he might accomplish, he was determined to put new life into the Divinity School. The school had long suffered from neglect. It was operating with only three full-time professors, had not had a major fund-raising campaign between 1879 and 1949. Though a special committee set up by President Conant did urge that Harvard once again become "a strong center of religious learning," few alumni seemed to care whether Divinity survived or not.
By last week President Pusey was able to announce the beginning...
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