Institute of Politics Announces Fellows For Next Semester

The Institute of Politics (IOP) of the Kennedy School of Government yesterday announced that three politician, two journalists, and a mediation expert will serve as Follows for the spring semester.

The six will spend the next several months at the IOP, leading weekly seminars, lecturing, and meeting with students on an Informal basis.

Several of the Fellows said yesterday that they are eager to embark on the term-long break from their regular jobs.

"I look forward to spending some time with a typewriter away from the hectic pace of campaigning." Madeleine Kunin, Vermont's former Lieutenant Governor, and one of the Fellows, said yesterday.

In addition to fulfilling their duties as Fellows, the six will have an opportunity to pursue independent research. Incoming Fellow Kenneth O. Harnett, managing editor of The Boston Herald-American, said, "I really want to see if I can get someplace on a novel that deals with the interchange between media power and political power."

The Fellows, all of whom will make their first appearance on February 3 at a Kennedy School panel discussion, also include mediation specialist Laura D. Blackburue, Susan K. Catania, a former Illinois state senator former New Jersey Congressman Andrew Maguire, and John O'Sullivan, formerly a writer for The London Daily Telegraph.