Difference between revisions of "Lawrence H. Chamberlain"
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
'''Lawrence H. Chamberlain''' was [[Dean of Columbia College]] through most of the 1950s. | '''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," as opposed to [[University President]] [[Grayson Kirk]], who was a fan of ferreting out suspected Columbia communists. 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> | + | 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," as opposed to [[University President]] [[Grayson Kirk]], who was a fan of ferreting out suspected Columbia communists. He also toyed with what he called "half-baked" ideas like a vaguely-defined Columbia College "Citizenship Training Center" (which sounds like it may have involved a community service requirement) 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]]}} | ||
Revision as of 19:18, 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," as opposed to University President Grayson Kirk, who was a fan of ferreting out suspected Columbia communists. He also toyed with what he called "half-baked" ideas like a vaguely-defined Columbia College "Citizenship Training Center" (which sounds like it may have involved a community service requirement) and interdepartmental majors.[1]
| Preceded by Harry J. Carman |
Dean of Columbia College 1950-1958 |
Succeeded by John Gorham Palfrey |
