Glenn Loury

Well, in economics, MIT was riding high then. There were people, Robert Solow, Paul Samuelson, Franco Modigliani, Robert Merton, all of whom became Nobel laureates in the fullness of time. Samuelson had been honored in 69 or 70, I think. It was a very, very strong department of economics. It was very Jewish, both the faculty and the student body, and that was noticeable to me.

Well, in economics, MIT was riding high then. There were people, Robert Solow, Paul Samuelson, Franco Modigliani, Robert Merton, all of whom became Nobel laureates in the fullness of time. Samuelson had been honored in 69 or 70, I think. It was a very, very strong department of economics. It was very Jewish, both the faculty and the student body, and that was noticeable to me.

Well, in economics, MIT was riding high then. There were people, Robert Solow, Paul Samuelson, Franco Modigliani, Robert Merton, all of whom became Nobel laureates in the fullness of time. Samuelson had been honored in 69 or 70, I think. It was a very, very strong department of economics. It was very Jewish, both the faculty and the student body, and that was noticeable to me.

They were notes to the grindstone. They were soft left.

They were notes to the grindstone. They were soft left.

They were notes to the grindstone. They were soft left.

Yeah. I'd say maybe 12 out of... 150, something like that. They had a program, MIT did, determined to respond to the time. They were liberal Democrats. They had a kind of affirmative action thing. Now, I will say...

Yeah. I'd say maybe 12 out of... 150, something like that. They had a program, MIT did, determined to respond to the time. They were liberal Democrats. They had a kind of affirmative action thing. Now, I will say...

Yeah. I'd say maybe 12 out of... 150, something like that. They had a program, MIT did, determined to respond to the time. They were liberal Democrats. They had a kind of affirmative action thing. Now, I will say...

I'm quite sure I would have been admitted to MIT based on the record that I had established at Northwestern, the prize-winning record, A's in everything, taking graduate courses in math and economics when I was still an undergraduate and so on. I think I would have been admitted regardless of their program. But I was among three, a cohort of three African-Americans in a class of 25.

I'm quite sure I would have been admitted to MIT based on the record that I had established at Northwestern, the prize-winning record, A's in everything, taking graduate courses in math and economics when I was still an undergraduate and so on. I think I would have been admitted regardless of their program. But I was among three, a cohort of three African-Americans in a class of 25.

I'm quite sure I would have been admitted to MIT based on the record that I had established at Northwestern, the prize-winning record, A's in everything, taking graduate courses in math and economics when I was still an undergraduate and so on. I think I would have been admitted regardless of their program. But I was among three, a cohort of three African-Americans in a class of 25.

who were admitted in 1972, and they had been admitting since 1970, and they continued this on through, I think, 75 or 76, three Black students. I was told later that the way that that was done was they had their regular budget for graduate students, and then they had additional funds that would allow them to admit three more students who were African American.

who were admitted in 1972, and they had been admitting since 1970, and they continued this on through, I think, 75 or 76, three Black students. I was told later that the way that that was done was they had their regular budget for graduate students, and then they had additional funds that would allow them to admit three more students who were African American.

who were admitted in 1972, and they had been admitting since 1970, and they continued this on through, I think, 75 or 76, three Black students. I was told later that the way that that was done was they had their regular budget for graduate students, and then they had additional funds that would allow them to admit three more students who were African American.

So they were about 12 of us, 12 to 15 students.

So they were about 12 of us, 12 to 15 students.

So they were about 12 of us, 12 to 15 students.

I did. One didn't finish. He was from Kansas City by coincidence, and he left after a couple of years and never finished his degree. The other teaches at Harvard now and is a dear friend whom I've known for 50 years.

I did. One didn't finish. He was from Kansas City by coincidence, and he left after a couple of years and never finished his degree. The other teaches at Harvard now and is a dear friend whom I've known for 50 years.