Word: knowleses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Student activists indicate that they may be on the brink of changing their approach. The letter to Knowles last month implied a threat of more extreme action.
Jeremy R. Knowles named to head Faculty.
Knowles, who personally selected Todd and Pilbeam without the aid of a search committee, spoke highly of both of them.
"I chose Professors Pilbeam and Todd [because they are] thoughtful members of the faculty whom I knew were committed to the quality of undergraduate education in the College," Knowles said.
"[Dean of the Faculty] Jeremy [R. Knowles] had asked to have breakfast with me," Todd recalled. "I thought he was going to fire me as chair [of the Slavic Languages and Literatures Department]."