Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
February 28
Schlesinger was remembered as a beacon of intellectual idealism whose service in the Kennedy White House and whose numerous historical bestsellers were high points in a lifetime spent championing American liberalism. The former Harvard professor's books were never less than ideologically vigorous and very much in the heroic mode. He was 89.
Archive 3/2/07 Historian championed liberalism, days of JFK
February 28
Schlesinger was remembered as a beacon of intellectual idealism whose service in the Kennedy White House and whose numerous historical bestsellers were high points in a lifetime spent championing American liberalism. The former Harvard professor's books were never less than ideologically vigorous and very much in the heroic mode. He was 89.
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