Greek Chair

When Nobel Prize winner George Seferis died in 1971 his widow succeeded in persuading the current Greek government to give $1 million towards the establishment of a chair for Modern Greek Studies. The money was given to Harvard by Greek Prime Minister Archbishop Trypanos in a ceremony last year and Harvard officials are still hoping to get additional funding from individuals and corporations in Greece.

Thompson said the Greek Studies Program will eventually include a professorship named for Seferis, an assistant professorship in Modern Greek, two graduate student fellowships and a bolstered Modern Greek Collection.