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'''Herbert Edwin Hawkes''' had truly awesome hair. He was also Dean of [[Columbia College]] for a long, long time, helping pass through many of the reforms which helped build the [[Core Curriculum]]. A defender of the liberal arts, he opposed [[University President]] [[Nicholas Murray Butler]]'s "Columbia plan" to create pre-professional tracks for undergraduates which would have allowed College students to graduate in less than four years. Hawkes also went on the offense and was instrumental in fostering the first [[Core Curriculum]] courses, including [[Contemporary Civilization]] and what became [[Lit Hum]].

A mathematician by training, he joined the faculty in [[1910]], becoming acting dean in [[1917]] and ascending to the full deanship a year later.

He possibly may or may not have made remarks that may or may not be later interpreted as anti-Semitic.

According to Wikipedia, his long tenure as Dean of Columbia College earned him the title "the dean of American college deans".

==External links==

*[http://www.college.columbia.edu/core/oasis/profiles/hawkes.php Profile of Hawkes]

{{succession|office=Dean of Columbia College|years=[[1918]]-[[1943]]|preceded=[[Frederick P. Keppel]]|succeeded=[[Harry J. Carman]]}}

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