Carl Hovde
Carl Hovde | |
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Dean of Columbia College | |
In office 1968–1972 | |
Preceded by | Henry S. Coleman (interim) |
Succeeded by | Peter Pouncey |
Personal details | |
Born | PhD ) | October 11, 1926
Carl Frederick Hovde (pronounced HUV-dee; October 11, 1926 – September 5, 2009) was an American educator who from 1968 until 1972 was the Dean of
Early life and education
Hovde was born in
Columbia University
Hovde joined the Columbia University faculty in 1960 as a professor of comparative English literature. He was appointed as the dean of Columbia College in July 1968 under a process designed to assuage students in the wake of the recent protests, in which he was approved by Columbia President Grayson L. Kirk after being nominated by a committee composed of administrators and faculty members.[2]
The students protests had begun in April 1968 in response to plans by Columbia to construct a gym in
At the start of the protests, Hovde served on a faculty group that established a joint committee composed of administrators, faculty and students that established recommendations for addressing disciplinary action for the students involved in the protests. Once he was appointed as dean, Hovde stated that he felt that the "sit-ins and the demonstrations were not without cause" and opposed criminal charges being filed against the students by the university, though he did agree that the protesters "were acting with insufficient cause".[2]
Hovde served as dean when the
Death
Hovde died at age 82 of lung cancer on September 5, 2009, at his wife's home in New Canaan, Connecticut. He was survived by his wife, Bertha Betts, two daughters, a son and four grandchildren. He had divorced his first wife, the former Jane Norris.[2]
References
- ^ Hovde, Carl Frederick (1956). The writing of Henry D. Thoreau's A week on the Concord and Merrimack rivers : a study in textual materials and technique.
- ^ a b c d e f Hevesi, Dennis. "Carl F. Hovde, Former Columbia Dean, Dies at 82", The New York Times, September 10, 2009. Accessed September 11, 2009.
- ^ a b Carl Hovde Archived July 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine at WikiCU under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. Accessed September 11, 2009.
- Sources
- This article incorporates text from Carl Hovde at WikiCU under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.
External links
- What Columbia College is Known For, an essay by Hovde in Core Curriculum.