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...stranger seeing him for the first time striding along the campus of Princeton University or lunching with the boys at the Quadrangle Club, Robert Francis Goheen (rhymes with so keen) would hardly seem to be more than a typical Ivy-League graduate student. He has the uniform crew cut, usually wears the standard tweed jacket. But at 37, Assistant Professor Goheen is a first-rate classicist who has won the devotion of his students and the respect of his elders. Last week, after more than a year's search for a successor to retiring President Harold W. Dodds...
...Goheen, the father of six children, is a through Princeton man, though officials dismissed his Princeton heritage as "a very minor consideration" in his selection. After graduating in 1936 from Lawrenceville School, five miles south of here, he attended the University as an undergraduate, winning an award for "highest general distinction...
Though his name was mentioned by some observers early in the 15-month search for a successor to Dodds, Goheen's selection surprised most of the University. As the Trustees' executive committee explored further afield, according to one source, Goheen's desirability became more and more evident...
...Goheen gained his reputation as an administrator while he was director of the Woodrow Wilson Fellowships, a national scholarship program sponsored by the American Association of Graduate Schools. He lectured only part-time at Princeton, in two courses, "Man and His Freedom in the Western Tradition," and "Greek Tragedy and Translation...
President Pusey, on learning of Goheen's selection, commented: "I am delighted to welcome a fellow classicist to the circle of Ivy Group presidents. It will be a real pleasure to work with Mr. Goheen...