Death of a College President
James Freedman, the former president of Dartmouth,
has died from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at age 70.
A forceful advocate for the liberal arts, Freedman also spoke out against campus intolerance, such as the truly nasty Dartmouth Review, which had a habit of making fun of Jews, blacks, women, gays, and...well, you get the drill.
Freedman shows, I think, that a college president can be more than just a fundraiser, but can speak out on issues of public import, and do so without tearing his campus apart....
