Word: math
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...Wyncote, Pa. (History); David Harrison Jr. of Los Angeles, Calif. (Economics); Richard G. Harrison of Baltimore, Md. (Chemistry); Jeremy P. Kagan of Mt. Vernon, N.Y. (History and Literature); Philip J. Kapian of Cambridge (Government); Lowry Pei of St. Louis, Mo. (English); Charles Popper of New Rochelle, N.Y. (Applied Math); Victor Rosov of Brooklyn, N.Y. (English); Peter J. Swift of Upper Montclair, N.J. (History) and Mark J. Webber of St. Louis, Mo. (German...
lian D. Benham of Kabul, Afghanistan (Social Studies); Robert G. Damus of San Bernadino, Calif. (Philosophy); Ronald E. Davis of Bloomfield, N.Y. (Applied Math); Gilbert S. Doctorow of Spring Valley, N.Y. (History); David M. Engel of Ann Arbor, Mich. (History and Literature); Stephen A. Hart of New York (Social Relations); Daniel R. Issacson of Oakland, Calif. (Mathematics); John P. Oleson of Deare River, N.Y. (Clissics); John M. Pesando of Andover (Biochemistry); Charles A. Pine of Phoeniz, Ariz. (Matrematics); A.B. Schmookler of New Brighton, Minn. (Social Relations); Jeffrey P. Swope of Ann Arbor, Mich. (Government) and Steven Varga-Golovcsenko of Huntington...
...that a narrow majority of students now favored intervention. President Conant became more and more open in his calls for American action. The Corporation cleared the way for shorter degree programs. And, in the fall of '41, a few months before the U.S. declared war on the Axis powers, Math. A was suddenly the College's most popular course...
Self-described as "a healthy-looking Scandinavian," she grew up near Salina, Kans., earned three degrees, including a doctorate in educational psychology, and a Phi Beta Kappa key from the University of Kansas. A Kansas high school teacher, then a math instructor at the university, Miss Peterson served as dean of women at both Kansas and Wisconsin before becoming Wisconsin President Fred Harrington's special assistant and university dean for student affairs in 1963. At Wisconsin, she is widely respected as a champion of student rights. "It's remarkable how we can discuss policy for the university...
Under retiring President Victor L. Butterfield, Wesleyan's "College Plan" has accented independent study for undergraduates. Similarly, Wesleyan's freewheeling Ph.D. programs (in biology, physics, math and world music) allow students to ground themselves broadly in the liberal arts, combatting complaints of the stifling specialization of most doctoral studies...