LATE PROFESSOR RAND KNOWN FOR SCHOLARSHIP IN CLASSICS

When Edward Kennard Rand died on October 28 at his home in Cambridge, the world lost one of its greatest Latin scholars, known and loved for his knowledge and ability to teach the language in both its classical and mediaeval forms.

Professor Rand taught courses dealing with every phase of Latin--classical literature, philosophy of the middle ages, and even paleography. His great research in the field of paleography (ancient scripts) brought a new light to the reforms of the Carolingian Renaissance and his famous book on the writings of St. Martin of Tours still stands as the definitive work on the great French monk.

Born in Boston in 1871, Rand graduated from Harvard in 1894 and got his Master's degree the next year. After four years of study in two different theological schools, Rand went abroad and got his Ph.D. at Munich in 1900. He came to Harvard the following year, having previously taught for three years at the University of Chicago. He became a full professor of Latin here in 1909.

Professor Rand was a leading member of many linguistic and historical societies. He was one of the founding fathers of the Mediaeval Academy of America and was its first president. He also founded the Academy's quarterly publication, "Speculum," one of America's leading historical journals. As former trustee and life member of the American Academy of Rome, he lectured there often:

Professor Rand was always outspoken in defense of his ideas. Early in the war he advocated American aid to the Allies. Claiming that he represented thousands of people "who have the sense to come in out of the rain," he wrote to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. '24, in 1940 urging that 50 destroyers be sent to Britain at once. After repeatedly pointing out the dangers of the Hitler tyranny, Professor Rand became an active member of the American Defense-Harvard Group faculty committee.