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...university until a new president takes over, the trustees chose Andrew W. Cordier, dean of Columbia's School of International Affairs and veteran U.N. official. At 67, Cordier is even older than Kirk. He made it clear that he does not want the top job permanently...
Fund Raiser. At his farewell press conference, Kirk insisted that he was "not interested in what anyone thinks about my victory or defeat, but only in the welfare of this university." Indeed, the rancor generated by last spring's student rebellion and some 800 arrests has tended to obscure Kirk's lasting contributions to Columbia. After taking over from Dwight Eisenhower, he created six institutes in which scholars from many fields studied selected regions of the world, built up a science faculty that won four Nobel Prizes, set top scholars to work on studies of vital contemporary problems...
...Kirk's troubles stemmed from an utter failure to develop rapport with any significant section of the faculty or student body. He did not recognize the yearning for change within his own institution. Controversy became inevitable as he allowed relations with the surrounding Harlem community to deteriorate and brashly involved the university in backing an unproven cigarette filter. He tended to shrug off all criticism of Columbia's ties with military research, failed to perceive the extent of faculty and student discontent early enough to deal with it, and finally called in the police to regain control...
Students Come First. Just how much Kirk's retirement will ease tensions is not at all clear. The student Strike Coordinating Committee insists that its argument is with university policies, not personalities, and that "the board of trustees still remains in absolute control of our university." Acting President Cordier, however, seems sympathetic to some student complaints. He has told both administrators and professors that they must find the time to meet with students, even if it means curtailing "research work and off-campus commitments." But he also issued a sharp warning to the still defiant radicals: "There...
...sourly that he was Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold's special representative during the U.N.'s 1960 Congo operations. His hands, said the students, were bloody with the murder of Congo Rebel Patrice Lumumba. They also charged vaguely that he had supported CIA activities. Within an hour after Kirk's resignation, a small band of rebels was chanting a new battle cry: "Cordier must go! Cordier must...