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150 First Professors
First Professors

Samuel C. Moore

Instructor in Economics and History of Commerce

Year of First Appointment: 1901

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Triantorphyllo Constantine Ladakis

Instructor in Analytical and Pharmaceutical Chemistry in the Medical Department

Year of First Appointment: 1901

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Nuba Mitchell Pletcher

Instructor in English and Geography in the Preparatory Department and the School of Commerce

Year of First Appointment: 1901

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Mansour Hanna Jurdak

Instructor in Arithmetic in the Preparatory Department

Year of First Appointment: 1901


Mansour Hanna Jurdak eventually rose to become adjunct Professor of Mathematics and Acting Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. Jurdak lived for an entire year in the southeast room of the Lee Observatory, which would serve…

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Mansour Hanna Jurdak

Instructor in Arithmetic in the Preparatory Department

Year of First Appointment: 1901


Mansour Hanna Jurdak eventually rose to become adjunct Professor of Mathematics and Acting Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. Jurdak lived for an entire year in the southeast room of the Lee Observatory, which would serve as his office for over sixty. 

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Oscar E. Imer

Instructor in French in the Preparatory Department

Year of First Appointment: 1901

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First Professors

Alfred E. Barrows

Instructor in English and Physical Geography in the Collegiate Department

Year of First Appointment: 1901

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Wadi' Hawawini

Instructor in Arabic Penmanship

Year of First Appointment: 1901

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First Professors

James Bedford Brown

Instructor in English, Bible and Science in the Preparatory Department

Year of First Appointment: 1901

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Guiseppe Parini

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

Year of First Appointment: 1900

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Lewis Gaston Leary

Instructor in Geography and Object Lessons in the Preparatory Department

Year of First Appointment: 1900

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