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When he was a student, Barzun was a member of [[Philo]].  
 
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Revision as of 00:25, 11 April 2007

See also Wikipedia's article about "Jacques Barzun".
Barzun on the cover of Columbia College Today

Jacques Barzun CC '27 is a cultural historian and was one of the great professors a Columbian could have in the mid-20th century. Still alive, amazingly. Wrote a mammoth 500 year history of the West entitled From Dawn To Decadence.

When he was a student, Barzun was a member of Philo.

Preceded by
John A. Krout
Provost 
1958-1967
Succeeded by
David B. Truman