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The JFK School
In his March 9 op-ed column, "Higher Ed Superpower," David Ignatius said that Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government was founded in 1978. I know that isn't true because I applied for admission there in 1971.
In fact, as the school's Web site describes it, the Graduate School of Public Administration was founded in 1936 and renamed for President John F. Kennedy in 1966. What happened in 1978 was that the Kennedy School of Government moved into the newly constructed Littauer Center, putting three master's programs under one roof.
-- Roy Gamse
Arlington
Mountains Meet City
Regarding Colbert I. King's March 10 op-ed column, "Appalachia Helps Where D.C. Fails," about the Appalachian State University students working in the District on their spring break:
While I appreciate his sentiments regarding the state of the District's public school system, the attitude he exhibited regarding the students from Appalachian State was disheartening. He seemed initially to be prodding the reader to ask, what could people from Appalachia possibly offer us?
As a native of West Virginia, I find this type of attitude all too common among the local population and in the pages of The Post.
