Steven Marcus
Steven Marcus CC '48 PhD '61 was Dean of Columbia College for a short while. He continues to be George Delacorte Professor Emeritus in the Humanities. While he was an undergraduate, Marcus studied with Lionel Trilling. He is famous in the scholarly world for coining the concept "pornotopia" to describe a state in which "all men...are always and infinitely potent; all women fecundate with lust and flow inexhaustibly with sap or juice or both. Everyone is always ready for everything".
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Preceded by Jack Greenberg |
Dean of Columbia College 1993-1995 |
Succeeded by Austin Quigley |