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Reston and Fairbank Gel Degrees At First Joint H-R Commencement

Carrillo received the doctorate of Law for being a "brilliant scholar-diplomat, honored servant of his country, friend of ours; his notable career has advanced amity and understanding in our hemisphere," according to the Harvard citation.

A former ambassador to the United State, Carrillo was director of the National School of Jurisprudence.

A millionaire industrialist who equates business success with social responsibility, Ferre described himself as "revolutionary in my ideas, liberal in my objectives, and conservative in my methods."

Height

Height has been a leader in the expansion of both blacks' and women's rights for the last 15 years. She was instrumental in the revitalization of the Y. W. C. A. as a member of its national board, and is currently a member of the President's Advisory Council on the Status of Women and President of the National Council of Negro Women, a confederation of 25 Negro Women's organizations.

Martin served as deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee in

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He became Governor of Puerto Rico in 1968 after strongly advocating eventual statehood for the territory, and is known for his liberal labor policies and profit-sharing managerial techniques, the early '60's. In this role, his behind-the-scenes conversations with Presidents Kennedy and Johnson led to the appointment of scores of Black Americans to high government positions.

Now, as co-owner and publisher of Sengstacke Publications, he operates a chain of black newspapers throughout the country.

Architect Marcel Breuer has designed several buildings in both Europe and America. One of the most famous is the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. From 1937 to 1942 he was a partner of the late Walter Gropius in teaching at Harvard and practice in Cambridge.

Price

Price was appointed dean of the Graduate School of Public Administration in 1958 and continued as Dean when the school was renamed the Kennedy School of Government in 1966.

He was a pioneer in the study of science and technology's impact on political institutions and public society.

He is also the first social scientist to head the American Academy for the Advancement of Science in the last 30 years.

Three of Harvard's 16 honorary degrees went to top administrators in the University. Cabot, a Harvard Overseer and Radclice Trustee, was hailed as a "generous and conscientious son" who has served the community with "perception, energy, an dconcern." Reynolds, one of Harvard's most successful fundraiser, was praised for his "genial spirit, integrity, and devotion."

Marbury

The honorary degree for Marbury came as no surprise. A member of the Corporation since 1948, Marbury stepped down as Senior Fellow last January after 22 years. He is president of the Peabody Institute of Baltimore and a former chairman of the U. S. Commission of Higher Education.

Also not surprising was the fact that Harry S. Truman did not receive an honorary degree for the 26th time since he became President in 1945.

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