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Worry over the future of a small Statistics Department probably ceased when Harvard offered Donald B. Rubin a senior professorship. Boasting a string Ivy credits and a ten-year stint at the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in Princeton, N.J., Rubin adds a practical knowledge of statistics and a willingness to share his experience...
Almost six years after she left the public whirl of politics for the more private pursuits of a professorship at the University of Texas, former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, 48, is anything but forgotten. In the past year Jordan has been honored repeatedly: Houston's main post office was named for her, she was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame, and the International Platform Association named her the U.S.'s greatest living orator. But the honor the eloquent Democrat liked most came last week, when Texas Governor Mark White and his wife were hosts...
...went around the house repeating, 'How sweet it is.' " Nearly a year and a half later, Kennedy is still tasting successes. On a European tour he will promote foreign-language editions of his novels. The State University of New York at Albany, where Kennedy holds a professorship, sponsored a weekend of cultural events in his honor. In addition, one of the writer's best-known fans, New York Governor Mario Cuomo, signed a bill granting $100,000 a year to support a series of writing workshops and lectures that Kennedy started at SUNY with...
Although the visiting professor will be affiliated with Radcliffe, and will work with Radcliffe students independent of the Harvard structure, a Harvard department may invite the professor to teach a course at Harvard. Press added that several Harvard departments have already submitted nominations for the visiting professorship...
...Congress approves the nomination as expected, Bator will resign his professorship this fall...