Stephan Thernstrom, Leading Critic of Affirmative Action, Dies at 90

Stephan Thernstrom, a Harvard history professor and author who, with his wife, the political scientist Abigail Thernstrom, vaulted to national prominence during the 1990s as a leading critic of affirmative action, died on Thursday in Arlington, Va. He was 90.
His daughter, the author Melanie Thernstrom, said his death, at a care facility, was from complications of dementia.
Professor Thernstrom and his wife were among the earliest, most vociferous and most prolific critics of affirmative…