Word: provost
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Wilson has, in fact, been acting president at Chicago since Edward Levi left last February to become U.S. Attorney General. Before that, Wilson, who holds a Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford, was Levi's right-hand man as provost for five years, and earlier was dean of faculties. One of Wilson's toughest jobs as president will be to sustain the threeyear, $280 million fund drive designed to keep Chicago one of the top universities in the nation; started in June 1974, the fund drive has produced $110 million...
Even though as provost he had to enforce painful budget cuts, Wilson is popular with the faculty. He already had a run-in with leaders of the student government, however, after they told him last month that they were going to launch an "investigation" of Economics Professor Milton Friedman and his ties with economists in the Chilean junta. A vigorous defender of academic freedom, Wilson replied that he would not tolerate an inquisition. In other matters, Wilson is also a stout individualist; he even turns out to watch Chicago's largely ignored football games...
John Wilson, a Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford, was provost at Chicago before becoming acting president in February, after Edward H. Levi left the post to become Attorney General...
Jacqueline Mintz, associate provost for affirmative action at Yale, said yesterday Yale does have many women in the research ranks, "where it seems women were more acceptable...
Richard G. Leahy, associate dean of the Faculty for resources and planning, said yesterday there is a chance that an American may be named as provost to the graduate school. Leahy, who was a member of the joint Harvard-Iran commission that drew up the plan, declined to speculate further...