Word: winchendon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Born in Winchendon, Mass., Bowker earned degrees at M.I.T. and Columbia and became a leading mathematical statistician. As dean of the Stanford graduate school, he sharply improved its faculty, then left in 1963 to create a first-rate graduate program at CUNY. Because of his unusual record of academic, political and social expertise, University of California President Charles J. Hitch recommended only one man to head Berkeley-Bowker...
Political Agility. In the middle of the mess was C.U.N.Y. Chancellor Albert Bowker. With his mumbling speech and rumpled suits, the 51-year-old scholar may not have suggested the image of an urban savior. But Bowker came to the problem with impressive credentials. Born in Winchendon, Mass., he was a respected mathematical statistician with an undergraduate degree from M.I.T. and a Ph.D. from Columbia. As dean of the Stanford graduate school for five years, he had pushed his faculty to the top in national ratings and drawn the attention of New York City's board of higher education...