John T. Bethell

Challenges and response (clockwise from upper left): Prague residents watch a Communist May Day parade in 1948; the Secretary of State; physical destruction in Münster, Germany in 1945; Marshall in the Commencement procession.

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Marshall Plan Debuts at 1947 Harvard Commencement

When Secretary of State George C. Marshall received a degree—and established the standard for U.S. engagement with the world 

Marshall with President Conant and fellow honorands (from his left) Bradley, Wadsworth, Oppenheimer, Richards, and Eliot, before his speech.

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The Marshall Plan's sleeper start

When the Marshall Plan was announced at Harvard

Features | September-October 2011

25 great moments in Harvard sports history

25 high moments in Harvard athletics, 1986-2011

Features | May-June 2004

Harvard A to Z

(Excerpted from Harvard A to Z, by John T. Bethell, Richard M. Hunt, and Robert Shenton, published this May by Harvard University Press...

Features | September-October 2003

First and 100

Football, a century ago, was an unruly, dangerous, and wildly exciting spectacle. It resembled rugby: minimal protective gear, no forward...

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"An Instrument of Good Will"

At 75, the Harvard College Fund spins a web of friendships.

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The Living Harvard Force

A Harvardian who's who, who's where, who's what: The Alumni Directory at 90 documents a population explosion.

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Frank Roosevelt at Harvard

A profile of the president as alumnus