Word: whitely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard Medical School Professor of Orthopedic Surgery Augustus A. White III almost made the unlikely leap from an operating room at a Harvard-affiliated hospital to the president's office at the University of Maryland at Baltimore. But in August, just five months before he would have arrived, White resigned from his appointment to the $245,000 a year position, saying he was not consulted on a key university decision...
...White, who has served as a Medical School professor and orthopedic surgeon-in-chief at Boston's Beth Israel Hospital since 1978, had accepted the Maryland post in June...
...White refused to be interviewed or answer written questions, but his colleagues say he will remain at the Medical School and Beth Israel...
Maryland educators and lawmakers will not easily return to business as usual. Many said they are frustrated and upset that the top choice out of 100 applicants turned down the job. White, who is Black, was also expected to ease racial tensions on campus and serve as a role model for minority students...
State leaders now are trying to learn from this academic debacle. There is debate over whether White's resignation reflects structural deficiencies in the Maryland educational system or merely a premature decision by White...