"It was extremely controversial," said Jorge Domínguez, the vice provost for international affairs at Harvard.
"It remains controversial," said Jim Rottsolk, president and chief executive of Cray.
"These students in particular are less and less controversial," said Rincon.
'I think that inevitably reconstructing an event like that will be controversial,' said Bevan.
"They've always been controversial," said Frank Sharry, executive director of the National Immigration Forum, a Washington advocacy group for immigrants.
Bruce's act was controversial, said MacGregor, since Balliol was still alive and some Scots disputed his claim.
"The track record of acquisitions has certainly been controversial," said Kevin Buttigieg, a software analyst at Kaufman Brothers.
"The definition of homelessness is pretty controversial," said Nicole Amling, the director of policy at the Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness.
"The underlying assumptions about 'mapping the entire brain' are very controversial," said Donald Stein, a neuroscientist at Emory University in Atlanta.
"Everything Bob touches is controversial," said Claudia D. Goldin, a former student of Professor Fogel's and now an economics professor at Harvard.
"The TIF thing will be controversial," said Tony Milito, owner of Sunset Travel & Cruise, a travel agency directly across the street from Children's Memorial.
