I was a Fellow at the Center in 1987-88. I had been Chair of my department at Michigan for the previous five years, during which time I had hardly any time to turn around, yet alone do anything serious on…
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Elysium
Gerald Holton, Class of 1975-76
Our stay (1975-76) at the Center was magical, felt to be so both at the time and in retrospect– a terrestrial alternative to Schiller’s blessed Elysium: From the moment we arrived, the remarkable staff of the Center took care of…
CASBS Reflections
Bob Scott, Associate Director 1983-2001
Being part of the Center for more than two decades was a genuine privilege. I made friendships and acquaintanceships with fellows and their families, attended hundreds of seminars on topics spanning a wide range of research topics in the social…
Memories and Appreciation
David E. Leary, Class of 1982-83
I have many wonderful memories of my year at the Center (1982-83), particularly those associated with lively friendships and the advancement of several research projects. Regarding the latter, A Century of Psychology of Science, co-edited with Sigmund Koch, was subsequently…
Sketches of 1991-92
Howard Rosenthal, Class of 1991-92 and 1998-99
The research side of what I accomplished that year is embedded in my c.v., so I would like to share what comes to the surface from my private memory. Chapter 1. The most valuable resource at CASBS was Kathleen Much,…
A LA UNA DE LA TARDE
John R. Walsh, Class of 1979-80
(At a farewell dinner for fellows at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences) After optional work and compulsory lunch Comes the hour of the Center’s volley-ball bunch. Not all of us young, some a little effete, But…
Reminiscences of CASBS
Arvind Shah, Class of 1960-61
I am delighted CASBS is celebrating its 60th anniversary. Memories flood my mind. I was at CASBS from December 1960 to May 1961. At the age of 30, I was perhaps the youngest in the 1960-61 Class. I cherish those…
My Two Years at the Center
Paula S. Fass, Class of 1991-92 & 2007-08
“Why would a nice Berkeley girl like you uproot her entire family to move to Stanford for ten months?” I was often asked this question by acquaintances at Stanford as well as at Berkeley. It did not take me very…
The First IBM PCs
Lois Bloom, Class of 1982-83
A sunny day in Fall 1982, at lunch on the terrace, Kenji Hakuta shared the news that the IBM Personal Computer, introduced the previous year, was finally going on sale and he was on his way to buy one. I…
All in the Family
Hester Goodenough Gelber, Daughter of Ward Goodenough, Class of 1957-58
My father, the Anthropologist Ward Goodenough, was at the Center in 1957-58. My parents, younger sister Debbie (12), and younger brother Oliver (6), all lived in an Eichler on Metro Circle that year, next to the Quarington’s, who were also…