Word: deane
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...dismissal only the afternoon before, during a stormy, 2½-hour meeting with Graham and Newsweek President Peter Derow. He was described as shocked, but associates said that he may have missed subtle signals of Graham's displeasure. Under Kosner's predecessor, Osborn Elliott, now dean of Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism, Newsweek was briefly known on Madison Avenue as a "hot book" because of improved editorial vitality and attendant advertising and circulation gains. (Newsweek's current U.S. circulation is 2.9 million, vs. TIME's 4.25 million.) Yet newsstand sales have slumped lately...
George E. Rupp, who took over this week as dean of the Divinity School, is, by his own admission, an impatient...
...dean, however, Rupp plans to implement his programs after many consultations with Div School members. He won't yet reveal his ideas for consolidating some Div School programs, because he says it might steal the thunder from his convocation address in September...
...dean, Rupp becomes O'Brian Professor of Divinity, with tenure in the Theology Department. Krister Stendahl, the outgoing dean, becomes professor of Divinity in the New Testament and Ministerial Departments...
Even if Stendahl and Rupp have similar perceptions of the Div School's goals, it may be difficult for the Div School to view Rupp as similar to his predecessor. Stendahl is 58 years old; Rupp, at 37, is the youngest Harvard dean. And Rupp acknowledges his deanship "may require some adjustment of perceptions." He adds, "Right down to the movers who moved us in, people tend to think that deans are venerable old men--if not institutions...