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Back in the 1850s, John W. Webster, a professor at the Medical School murdered his colleague, Erving Professor of Chemistry and Minerology Dr. George Parkman, after a heated argument...

Author: By Caroline T. Nguyen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Losing Tenure: Rare, But Not Impossible | 10/30/1997 | See Source »

According to Simon Schamas book Dead Certainties, Parkman was screaming at Webster and threatened to get him fired. In a fit of rage, Webster picked up a stick of wood (the closest object to him at that time) and hit Parkman over the head with it, killing...

Author: By Caroline T. Nguyen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Losing Tenure: Rare, But Not Impossible | 10/30/1997 | See Source »

After realizing that he had killed his colleague, Webster dismembered the corpse, distributed the parts in different areas, cleaned the area and burnt all remaining evidence. According to Hankins, when Webster was convicted, he was relieved of his University duties and position shortly before execution...

Author: By Caroline T. Nguyen, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Losing Tenure: Rare, But Not Impossible | 10/30/1997 | See Source »

Starr has subpoenaed records from President Clinton, the first lady and nearly 50 top White House aides and lawyers, to determine whether they had contact with former Whitewater business partners James and Susan McDougal, disgraced Justice Department official Webster Hubbell or their lawyers. Starr also just convened a new grand jury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRIDAY: From Whitewater to White House | 9/26/1997 | See Source »

...Webster claimed that the city...

Author: By Jung K. Kim, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Friends of Cannabis Rally for Legalization | 9/22/1997 | See Source »

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