Berlin Quote by Erik Larson

Yes, William E. Dodd was the - became the - America's first ambassador to Nazi Germany. Prior to that, he was a professor of…

— Erik Larson

My teaching began in 1936 at Iowa State College where T. W. Schultz was the department chairman.

— George Stigler

At some point, I stumbled across my two main protagonists: William E. Dodd, a mild-mannered professor of history picked by Roosevelt to be America's…

— Erik Larson

Schultz is not a Nazi. I see Schultz as the representative of some kind of goodness in any generation.

— John Banner

[Students for a Democratic Society] was on many campuses and it was a powerful organization. It was founded by Tom Hayden, who passed away…

— Bill Ayers

It turns out one of my dad's best friends was Carl Sagan when I was little. They were both Harvard professors.

— David Grinspoon

Was it smart to be in a Nazi newspaper? I have no idea. Probably not.

— Fredrick Brennan

In 1967, my mother - then Francie Weinman - graduated from Northwestern University with a degree from the prestigious Medill School of Journalism. But…

— Dana Bash

My mother was a reporter, and though she quit when they had kids, she still loved it. She told me about the people at…

— Candace Camp

I remember 'The Norfolk Journal and Guide,' which is a black newspaper that still exists, but it was really influential, as you can imagine,…

— Margot Lee Shetterly

I joined the 'Times' in 1972, and I came with the mark of Cain on me because I was clearly against the war. But…

— Seymour Hersh

Even though Helen Vendler wasn't on the Harvard faculty when I came first in 1979, she was a guardian spirit; Robert Fitzgerald gave me…

— Seamus Heaney