by admin | Feb 23, 2021 | Faculty Memories |
By Burney Le Boeuf I was playing poker with David Marlowe, the chairman of the Psychology department, and he told me that the department had an opening and he suggested that I apply “if I was good.” During the interview process, Provost Kenneth Thimann, asked if I... 
by admin | Feb 11, 2021 | Faculty Memories |
By Frank Andrews One of the most positive events in my whole 88 years of living was joining the faculty of UCSC’s Crown College, and living in Crown’s dorm Rutherford House with my wife, Jean, for Crown’s first five years. I was a professor of... 
by admin | Sep 8, 2020 | Faculty Memories |
By Adrienne Zihlman Those early days and months at Crown College and UCSC remain vivid in my memory – the landscape, new colleagues, and eager students. I grew up here, learned to teach, established a professional career, and felt lucky to work in this academic... 
by admin | Aug 30, 2020 | Faculty Memories |
By Paul Lee I must have been the first person recruited by Kenneth Thimann to teach at Crown. I was teaching a seminar at Radcliffe, and he was the House Master. I read about his appointment in the NY Times, called him, went over for tea, and it was a done deal. I... 
by admin | Jul 22, 2020 | Faculty Memories |
By George Baer Those were Glory Days. We learned to be pioneers, to create a College, to value our creation, to sustain a fledgling University, to share a mission, and a success. I hope those experiences stood us well in after-years. They did... 
by admin | Jul 21, 2020 | Faculty Memories |
By Robert Adams Not a Failed Experiment Congratulations to the Crown Classes of 70’ and ’71. At most universities, including UCSC, the “publish or perish” incentive linked to pay increases of faculty has had a negative impact on teaching and research. However, I think...
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