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'''Henry S. Coleman''' EN '46 was a former administrator, who served as the acting dean of [[Columbia College]] from 1967-1968 and dean of students from 1972-1979. He was famously barricaded in his Hamilton Hall office during the spring [[1968]] campus demonstrations.
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On July 25, 1972, Coleman was shot five times in his office by a suspended student. He was rushed to the hospital by Columbia's volunteer EMT service (forerunner of [[CAVA]]) and survived.
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He died on January 31, 2006.
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==External Links==
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* [http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/mar_apr06/obituaries3.php Columbia College Today Obituary for Henry Coleman]
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Revision as of 14:49, 5 April 2007

Henry S. Coleman EN '46 was a former administrator, who served as the acting dean of Columbia College from 1967-1968 and dean of students from 1972-1979. He was famously barricaded in his Hamilton Hall office during the spring 1968 campus demonstrations.

On July 25, 1972, Coleman was shot five times in his office by a suspended student. He was rushed to the hospital by Columbia's volunteer EMT service (forerunner of CAVA) and survived.

He died on January 31, 2006.


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Preceded by
David B. Truman
Acting Dean of Columbia College 
1967-1968
Succeeded by
Carl Hovde