1.0Harvard Gazettehttps://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazettegazettejohnbaglionehttps://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/author/gazettejohnbaglione/J. Richard Hackman, 73 — Harvard Gazetterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ahYGwq0Sop"><a href="https://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/02/j-richard-hackman-73/">J. Richard Hackman, 73</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/02/j-richard-hackman-73/embed/#?secret=ahYGwq0Sop" width="600" height="338" title="“J. Richard Hackman, 73” — Harvard Gazette" data-secret="ahYGwq0Sop" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Feb. 6, 2018, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late J. Richard Hackman, Edgar Pierce Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology, was placed upon the records. Professor Hackman sought to understand the elemental ability of living beings to operate as collectives to achieve the incomprehensible.