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...Knowles’ first step was to install Wolff, who says the department was “dysfunctional,” as Acting Chair in 1992. But Pearson professor of modern mathematics and mathematical logic Warren Goldfarb ’69 says that the department’s dire condition and FAS’ still-burgeoning budget deficit led Knowles to question Linguistics’ place in Harvard’s liberal arts curriculum...
...that made him think about the linguistics department,” Goldfarb says...
...According to Goldfarb, Knowles appointed him that fall to chair a committee examining how—not whether—to dissolve the department and propose a new structure, most likely a committee. Moreover, Goldfarb says, Knowles did not consult the Faculty Council before appointing the committee...
...this first controversial intervention, Knowles was dealt an unexpected hand when Goldfarb’s committee reported to him the following spring. Goldfarb says the committee circumvented Knowles’ charge by proposing alternative structures for the department but said each was imprudent. Knowles never followed...
...There was a certain amount of complaining to be sure, although it didn’t reach the level of a wholesale lack of confidence,” Goldfarb says. “There was a general wish he’d be more consultative, a general sense that he wasn’t talking to people before he acted on things...