Difference between revisions of "Lawrence H. Chamberlain"
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| − | '''Lawrence H. Chamberlain''' was | + | '''Lawrence H. Chamberlain''' was [[Dean of Columbia College]] through most of the 1950s. |
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| + | He was reluctant to take on the role of Dean, and happy to return to his quiet life of teaching "public law and government". He was also reportedly "firm in the face of McCarthyism". He also toyed with what he called "half-baked" ideas like a Columbia College "Citizenship Training Center" and interdepartmental majors.<ref>http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19580206-01.2.8&srpos=26&e=-------en-20--21--txt-IN-lawrence+AND+chamberlain----#</ref> | ||
{{succession|office=Dean of Columbia College|years=[[1950]]-[[1958]]|preceded=[[Harry J. Carman]]|succeeded=[[John Gorham Palfrey]]}} | {{succession|office=Dean of Columbia College|years=[[1950]]-[[1958]]|preceded=[[Harry J. Carman]]|succeeded=[[John Gorham Palfrey]]}} | ||
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[[Category:Deans of Columbia College|Chamberlain, Lawrence H.]] | [[Category:Deans of Columbia College|Chamberlain, Lawrence H.]] | ||
Revision as of 19:13, 16 May 2013
Lawrence H. Chamberlain was Dean of Columbia College through most of the 1950s.
He was reluctant to take on the role of Dean, and happy to return to his quiet life of teaching "public law and government". He was also reportedly "firm in the face of McCarthyism". He also toyed with what he called "half-baked" ideas like a Columbia College "Citizenship Training Center" and interdepartmental majors.[1]
| Preceded by Harry J. Carman |
Dean of Columbia College 1950-1958 |
Succeeded by John Gorham Palfrey |
