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Article: John Kenneth Galbraith, Nieman friend, dies.(Nieman Notes)(Obituary)
- Article from:
- Nieman Reports
- Article date:
- June 22, 2006
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John Kenneth Galbraith died on April 29th in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was 97. Here are some excerpts from two remembrances on the Nieman Web site, www.nieman.harvard. edu/galbraith/pageone/
In the early years of the program, Harvard professors resisted the idea of welcoming journalists into their classrooms. Ken, then a young instructor in economics persuaded them by observing that they and their students would learn from the perspectives that journalists could contribute to class discussions.
When the Nieman Foundation moved to Walter Lippmann House in 1978, the fellows and staff found in Ken and Kitty Galbraith warm and welcoming neighbors.