Word: furniss
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Yale's Economist Edgar Furniss, 67, for 20 years holder of the delicate and demanding position of provost of the university. A sort of buffer zone between the faculty and the corporation, Furniss' office in the Hall of Graduate Studies was the bright hope for any professor with a new idea, a sympathetic court of appeals for any with a problem. No major change has taken place at Yale without first getting the provost's consent, and probably no university official has been so open to new projects. Once a professor suggested that the university publish...
...present the Yale Corporation and Provost Edgar S. Furniss are investigating methods of increasing faculty salaries despite an expected one million dollar deficit. Yale would like to raise the faculty budget some $750,000 but is reluctant to boost tuition in order to finance...
Yale will spend $250,000 more for faculty salaries this year, Yale Provost Edgar J. Furniss announced yesterday. Meanwhile, the University said an announcement regarding salaries here will he made in February...