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A whole chapter of nineteenth-century history is condensed in the
phrase "the conflict between religion and science," with our Mother
Eve and the proto-Ape jostling for places at the head of the family
tree. An outstanding figure in the center of this intellectual
conflict was John William Draper, author of History of the
Intellectual Development of Modern Europe and The Conflict Between
Religion and Science, which played an important part in
intellectual debates for many years. Draper helped break new ground
for an age of science, and brought to the level of laymen some of
the issues with which they must grapple in the future. However, he
had the gift of the great popularizer for seeming to leaven the
loaf of tradition, instead of throwing it away, and succeeded in
lending to new ideas the appearance of old ones. His work is an
excellent case history of the way in which innovations are knit up
into continuity with tradition and revolutions in thought are made
palatable.
Regulatory and market developments have transformed the way in
which UK private sector pension schemes operate. This has increased
demands on trustees and advisors and the trusteeship governance
model must evolve in order to remain fit for purpose. This volume
brings together leading practitioners to provide an overview of
what today constitutes good governance for pension schemes, from
both a legal and a practical perspective. It provides the reader
with an appreciation of the distinctive characteristics of UK
occupational pension schemes, how they sit within the capital
markets and their social and fiduciary responsibilities. Providing
a holistic analysis of pension risk, both from the trustee and the
corporate perspective, the essays cover the crucial role of the
employer covenant, financing and investment risk, developments in
longevity risk hedging and insurance de-risking, and best practice
scheme administration.
This happy combination of literary essay and exceptionally
well-written history, providing insights into a past still
important in the twentieth century, will quickly take an honored
place on the shelves of Harvardiana. Bernard Bailyn writes on the
origins of Harvard and the foundations of Harvard's persistent
character, structure, and style of governance, and contributes
another chapter on the unhappy ending to the administration of the
beloved President Kirkland (x8xo-i8z8), who presided over but could
not control a period of profound change. Oscar Handlin describes
the shifting relationships and power struggles among faculty,
administration, and students over the years (Making Men of the
Boys) and Harvard's evolution from an ingrown community of teachers
and students into a large, complex institution with worldwide
prestige. Donald Fleming has chapters on the presidency of Charles
William Eliot (the greatest man in the history of Harvard) and the
colorful personalities of Harvard (not only Copey and Santayana and
Charles Eliot Norton, but also Old Sophy, who kept a pet chicken in
his room in Holworthy). Stephan Thernstrom examines the growing
diversity of the student body as to finances, geography, religion,
and racial background from the eighteenth century to the 1980s. The
subjects are of continuing interest not only to members of the
Harvard community, who will treasure this memento of Harvard's
350th anniversary, but also to historians of higher education and
ordinary readers, who will enjoy the new information, original
personalities, and thoughtful perspectives the book offers.
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