What has happened to Wesleyan?

circuitrider
Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:51:45 +0000

Mythmom wrote:

The establishment also included Democrats. The divide wasn’t nearly as wide. The Harvard geniuses that crafted our Vietnam policy worked for Kennedy.



Right you are, mythmom. Once again NESCAC ranks highly among “Kennedy-caliber” pols, bankers and “public intellectuals” of the past half-century. Heck, the three Maine colleges alone are responsible for the lion’s share of that state’s Congressional delegation over the years:

Herbert Lehman (Williams) - ex-Governor of New York; co-founder of Lehman brothers.
Felix Rohatyn (Middlebury) - Senior partner investment house Lazard-Freres.
Thomas Eagleton - (Amherst) - ex-Senator from Missouri; one-time candidate for Vice-President.
Robert E. Hunter (Wesleyan) - former U.S. Ambassador to NATO
Edward Muskie (Bates) former Senator from Maine and Democratic nominee for President.
George Mitchell (Bowdoin) - former Senator from Maine.
William Cohen (Bowdoin) - former Senator from Maine and ex-Sec’y of Defense
Doris Koons Goodwin (Colby) - noted historian and frequent television and radio commentator.

All moderate Democrats.