tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post4971379527331933401..comments2024-03-29T03:19:09.227-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: AN IDLE, RANDOM REMINISCENCE ON A SLOW TUESDAYRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-58907406374773081982017-06-08T14:31:22.864-04:002017-06-08T14:31:22.864-04:00My God! I knew Robert McCloskey. I have several ...My God! I knew Robert McCloskey. I have several nice stories about my time at Harvard that involve him. It was through Bob McCloskey that I met Zbigniew Bzrezinski. It is indeed a small world.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-63202686518752510982017-06-08T13:56:50.068-04:002017-06-08T13:56:50.068-04:00Sorry -- guess I should have written "that D....Sorry -- guess I should have written "that D. McCloskey was told by <i>her</i> father" -- except that she was still "he" when The American Scholar piece was written.<br /><br /> LFCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-47640176469424024162017-06-08T13:53:25.836-04:002017-06-08T13:53:25.836-04:00I just typed "Alexander Gerschenkron" in...I just typed "Alexander Gerschenkron" into the JSTOR search box (for a couple of reasons, both somewhat whimsical, for lack of a better word).<br /><br />The third item that came up in that search is a 6-page reminiscence of Gerschenkron as teacher (published in <i>The American Scholar</i>, 1992) by Donald McCloskey (now Deirdre McCloskey), who encountered Gerschenkron as an economics grad student.<br /><br />I skimmed through the piece quickly and there is an entire paragraph about Gerschenkron and Ted Williams -- amusing -- a bit too cumbersome (or more precisely I don't want to bother) to reproduce here. (The paragraph is based on a story about this that D. McCloskey was told by his father, who apparently was the Harvard govt prof Robert McCloskey.)<br /><br />Anyway you might find The American Scholar piece of interest if you have access to JSTOR (which I assume you do, and on the off-chance you don't I can tell you how to get such access). LFCnoreply@blogger.com