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[[Image:DavidTruman.jpg|thumb|David B. Truman]]

'''David B. Truman''' served as a [[Dean of Columbia College]] and a [[Provost]]/[[Vice President]]. 

His provostship overlapped the [[1968 protests]], in which he had a central role as President [[Grayson Kirk]]'s right hand man in the administration camp (albeit retaining student respect to a much greater degree than did Kirk). His memoirs provide a detailed personal account of the protests, which caused him to resign as provost and move on to the presidency of Mt. Holyoke College. 

Previously, Truman had been a professor who had joined the faculty in [[1951]] following an academic career at [[Amherst]] ([[BA]], [[1935]]) and [[UChicago]] ([[PhD]]), as well as teaching gigs at Bennington, [[Cornell]], [[Harvard]], and Williams. From [[1959]]-[[1961]], he was head of the department of public law and government (now [[PoliSci]]). 

The [[David B. Truman Alumni Award]] is named for him.

==External links==
*[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/03/09/davidTruman.html Death notice]
*[http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/reflections-on-the-columbia-disorders-of-1968/4200653 Reflections on the Columbia Disorders of 1968]


{{succession|office=Dean of Columbia College|years=[[1963]]-[[1967]]|preceded=[[John W. Alexander]] (acting)|succeeded=[[Henry S. Coleman]] (acting)}}

{{succession|office=Provost|years=[[1967]]-[[1969]]|preceded=[[Jacques Barzun]]|succeeded=[[Paul D. Carter]]}}

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