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150 First Professors

Donald Munro

Physical Training in the Preparatory and Collegiate Departments

Year of First Appointment: 1905

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Philemon Jurjus Khuri

Instructor in Arabic in the Preparatory Department

Year of First Appointment: 1905

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Taufik Mes'ad Daud

Instructor in English in the Preparatory Department

Year of First Appointment: 1905

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Nejib Nikula Musawwir

Instructor in Nature Study in the Preparatory Department

Year of First Appointment: 1905

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First Professors

Harold Hayden Nelson

Instructor in English in the Preparatory Department

Year of First Appointment: 1904

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Ibrahim As'ad Khairallah

Instructor in Nature Study in the Preparatory Department

Year of First Appointment: 1904

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Faud As'ad Khairallah

Instructor in Arabic and English in the Preparatory Department

Year of First Appointment: 1904

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First Professors

Alfred Harrison Joy

Instructor in English and Physiology in the Collegiate Department

Year of First Appointment: 1904

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Alfred Harrison Joy

Instructor in English and Physiology in the Collegiate Department

Year of First Appointment: 1904

Alfred Harrison Joy directed the Lee Observatory and later the Mount Wilson Observatory in the United States, where he and his colleagues ascertained the spectral type, absolute magnitude, and stellar distance of over 5,000 stars.

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Taufik Ilyas Hajjar

Instructor in English in the Preparatory Department

Year of First Appointment: 1904

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Otto Albert Greiner

Instructor in English in the Collegiate Department

Year of First Appointment: 1904

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