K--School Lecture Will Focus on Nuclear Issues

The John F. Kennedy School of Government last week received a $150,000 gift from Dr. Corliss Lamont '24 to sponsor an annual lecture on the subject of nuclear weapons and international peace.

Under the lecture series, a prominent academic or policy maker in the field of international security affairs each year will speak at Harvard on issues related to nuclear armaments, Stephen J. Flanagan, assistant director of the Center for Science and International Affairs (CSIA) at the Kennedy School said yesterday.

He added that the lectures will take place sometime during the spring semester "for at least the next few years."

Lamont said he endowed the lecture series because he is "terribly worried about national policy in the area, especially that of the Reagan Administration...as I think all intelligent Americans should be."

He added that he hopes the lectures will help advance world peace by addressing some of the problems related to nuclear weapons and the threat of war.

Lamont has taught philosophy and international relations at Columbia, Cornell and Harvard universities. His books include The Philosophy of Humanism and his autobiography, Yes to Life.