UT Dean John Silber is Fired Looking like the announcement of a national calamity, this headline appeared in oversized font on the front page of the Austin American-Statesman on July 25, 1970. Just forty-four-years-old, Silber had served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin for less […]
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The Dean as Educator: His Doing and Undoing
Dr. Silber also served as President and Chancellor (1971-2002), Boston University Address delivered on January 12, 1971, in Cincinnati, Ohio, for the General Session of the American Conference of Academic Deans. ACAD is deeply grateful to Dr. Silber’s family for their kind permission to republish their father’s speech in its entirety. When asked to speak […]