Word: thimann
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Oettinger will return to Cambridge to take up his new job in September. He succeeds Kenneth V. Thimann, Higgins Professor of Biology, who has been Master since the inception of the Radcliffe House system, but is retiring because his wife has recently had several serious operations...
...Thimann said last night that the House system "now seems to be firmly established at Radcliffe," but he warned that much must be done to make the Houses really effective units...
Kenneth V. Thimann, Higgins Professor of Biology, and Mrs. Thimann, will retire as Heads of East House this June when their three-year terms expire...
...Thimann, the first Head appointed under the Radcliffe House system, originated the concept of Judicial Boards to supplant the Board of Hall Presidents. The scheme, he said last night, was formed out of his desire "to provide bridges between staff and students...
Another of his objectives as Head of East House. Thimann said, was to "introduce intellectual aspects into House life." He arranged for informal talks by visiting dignitaries (including Madame Nhu and the late Elcanor Roosevelt), a program of concentration dinners, a film series, and a poetry seminar...