I was about to email Mark Mancall to ask him a question about George Kerr, but I was saddened to find out that he passed away in 2020. Dr. Mancall was a brilliant and thoughtful man--I had a chance to talk to him once back in 2017.
Linked to the obituary is an oral history interview of Mancall. I'm listening to it now where he's talking about his experience studying with John King Fairbank. At around 10 minutes, he talks about how when he was student teaching at Harvard, Fairbank would stand in the back of the classroom and imitate him! Fairbank also made Mancall chop wood. (Beginning to sound like Mr. Miyagi...)
[I revised the first paragraph--my original seemed a bit insensitive in phrasing. My apologies!]
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