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150 First Professors
First Professors

Harry Gaylord Dorman

Lecturer in Histology, General Pathology and Pediatrics

Year of First Appointment: 1903

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Sheman A. Allen

Instructor in Physics, Physiology and English in the Collegiate Department and the School of Commerce

Year of First Appointment: 1903

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Paul Mittman

Instructor in German in the Preparatory Department and the School of Commerce

Year of First Appointment: 1902

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Daud Kurban

Professor of Arabic and History in the School of Commerce

Year of First Appointment: 1902

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First Professors

Edward Frederick Nickoley

Professor of Business Methods in the School of Pharmacy

Year of First Appointment: 1902

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Edward Frederick Nickoley

Professor of Business Methods in the School of Pharmacy

Year of First Appointment: 1902

In 1919, President Howard Bliss asked Professor Nickoley to serve as acting president during his abscence. Bliss never returned and thus Nickoley was left to lead the University through the post-WWI period, a function he performed with aplomb. 

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First Professors

George W. M. Maier

Instructor in Astronomy and Mathematics

Year of First Appointment: 1902

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First Professors

Joseph A. Goodhue

Physical Training in the Preparatory and Collegiate Departments

Year of First Appointment: 1902

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Jebbur Sa'd

Instructor in Arabic Penmanship in the Preparatory Department

Year of First Appointment: 1902

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O. Fletcher Gardner

Instructor in Arithmetic and Ethics in the Preparatory Department

Year of First Appointment: 1902

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Anis T. Barudi

Instructor in Arabic in the Preparatory Department

Year of First Appointment: 1902

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