Socialist professor professor Harold Laski and JFK

 

This Laski , a socialist , was assigned as a pupil a future president of the United States, John F. Kennedy:

[ "Laski’s fascination with the United States drew him back year after year for lecture tours. He was on personal terms with distinguished American political figures including Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Kennedy (his student at LSE in 1935-1936). In 1947 he was invited to become the first president of the newly established Brandeis University, but refused, explaining that it was politically important for him to remain in England. "

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