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...Knowles?? first two controversial external interventions took place a month apart in the fall of 1993, when he recommended “structural” changes in both the Department of Linguistics and FAS’ Semitic Museum...
...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...
...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...
...Many faculty members say they felt Knowles?? commitment to consultation in the Linguistics case was only skin deep; he appointed a committee without giving them a full range of options...
...This was a high point of Knowles?? administration,” Stager says. “He didn’t buckle to outside pressure. Once he had made up his mind, he stood his ground, and for that I give...