Word: thau
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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White's difficulties began when he wrote a letter in May 1973 to Stewart Thau, associate professor of Philosophy and chairman of the department at Syarcuse. White charged that the graduate program had been "diluted" by other disciplines such as linguistics, that the students it admitted to the Ph.D. program were not qualified, and that the department did not teach philosophy...
...Thau wrote back to White, in late May "...I do not see how you could reconcile your opinions of our program with a decision to remain in it, except, perhaps for the expedient of taking a Master's degree...
...Thau said yesterday that University lawyers have told him that correspondence White claims is libelous is "privileged information," between academics, and is not subject to libel...
...June 22, 1973, following a second letter from White to Thau, Peter van Inwagen, assistant professor of Philosophy and director of graduate studies, wrote to the student...
...also wrote, "So help me, young man, if you ever use such language to my face as you use in your letters to Professor Thau, I shall throw you out of my office...