Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Norman Mailer '43 to Run for Election to Overseers

Deborah B. Johnson's report that Mailer agreed to run for the Harvard Board of Overseers after Thomas Nagel collected the nominating signatures.

An article by Deborah B. Johnson. Thomas Nagel, a philosophy professor at Princeton, collected the signatures to put Mailer on the ballot for the 30-member Harvard Board of Overseers. Mailer agreed to run but said, “I don’t think one voice in 30 would do a great deal.”

First published: 1969-01-06
Form: article
Lennon & Lennon: 69.0
Cite as: /works/1969-01-06-run-for-overseers
Last updated: 2026-05-30