Peter Pouncey
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Peter Pouncey is a british classicist who served as the 9th dean of Columbia College. Pouncey earned the ire of then-president William McGill by unilaterally announcing a plan to take Columbia College co-ed. Pouncey was thereafter axed. He went on to serve as president of Amherst College between 1984-1994 before returning to Columbia's faculty. He currently holds an adjunct position at the Heyman Center for the Humanities.
| Preceded by Carl Hovde |
Dean of Columbia College 1972-1976 |
Succeeded by Arnold Collery |
