Stephen Rosen

Dept of Government at Harvard Office

Beton Michael Kaneb Professor of National Security and Military Affairs

Stephen Rosen from interview with Bill Kristol

I have been a member of the Government Department, and the (W)CFIA for over 50n years, and have always been treated with kindness and patience beyond what I deserved. 

In days past, what gave me the most pleasure was the company of extraordinary professors, some of whom combined style and wit with brilliance (Stanley Hoffmann), or courage with brilliance (Edward Banfield, Samuel Huntington, and Harvey Mansfield), or all three (James Q Wilson). Second to them in my affection were the exceptional undergraduates who, from my first days in the Department until now, put the study of politics ahead of political science. I cannot imagine an institution in which I would have been more at home.

2023