All Things 150
“All Things 150” List
David Stuart Dodge
Professor of English and Latin
Year of First Appointment: 1871
Daniel Bliss
Professor of Philosophy and Ethics
Year of First Appointment: 1871
AUB's founder, Daniel Bliss pioneered
Edwin Rufus Lewis
Instructor in Natural Sciences
Year of First Appointment: 1870
Edwin Rufus Lewis was an American physcian. He delivered the commencement speech for the graduating class of 1882, which he tited "Knowledge, Science, and Wisdom."
John Fraser
Instructor in English
Year of First Appointment: 1869
Youssef El-Assir
Instructor in Arabic
Year of First Appointment: 1869
George Edward Post
Professor and Chair of Surgery
Year of First Appointment: 1868
Asad Al-Shadudi
Instructor in Mathematics and Science
Year of First Appointment: 1868
Nasif Al-Yaziji
Instructor of Arabic
Year of First Appointment: 1866
Nasif Al-Yaziji was one of the leading figures…
Nasif Al-Yaziji
Instructor of Arabic
Year of First Appointment: 1866
Nasif Al-Yaziji was one of the leading figures of the Nahda movement, a cultural renaissance promoting modern thought and reforms throughout the Middle East. Syrian Association for the Sciences and Arts – the Arab world's first literary society – in 1847. His son, Ibrahim al-Yaziji, was a well-known philologist, poet, publisher, and journalist.