He will receive an honorary Doctorate of Laws today.
ARTHUR M. SCHLESINGER Jr. '38
One of America's leading historians, Schlesinger is also a prominent political figure. After serving as a soldier in World War II, Schlesinger became a presidential special assistant and speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy '40.
After he graduated summa cum laude from Harvard, he became a fellow at Cambridge University. He was a member of Harvard's history faculty from 1946 to 1962, and served on the faculty of the City University of New York for nearly 30 years.
A two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a winner of the National Book Award, Schlesinger has served as president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Society of American Historians.
Schlesinger will receive an honorary Doctorate of Laws.
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