Barr served in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II.[4] He was teaching English at Columbia in 1955.[6] He initiated the Columbia University Science Honors Program in 1958 and was its director until 1964.[4] He worked as an educator in and around New York City from the 1950s to 1980s and reviewed books for The New York Times.[4][6]
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