Word: clark
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...while members of a faculty search committee said Thursday that Bok seemed to ignore their reservations about Clark, Bok said yesterday he had considered their recommendations and did not feel the choice defied the faculty committee's opinions...
Students and faculty members said they were also concerned that Clark would be insensitive to race and gender issues. When Professor of Law Derrick A. Bell--one of two tenured Black professors at the Law School--held a sit-in in 1987 to protest the faculty's vote to deny a CLS adherent tenure, Clark said "This is a university--it's not a lunch counter in the deep South...
...Clark said yesterday that as dean he would urge the Law School to seek out women and minorities for the faculty "more systematically than in the past...
...Clark was originally elected to serve on the faculty committee advising Bok on the dean search, but the president said yesterday that Clark removed himself in December when he realized he was one of the final candidates under consideration. Professors added that Clark did not attend earlier meetings when he was being discussed as a candidate...
...divisions in the Law School's faculty yesterday were mirrored by those in the student body. About 50 students gathered yesterday afternoon outside the faculty meeting room--some to protest the appointment and others to support Clark...