The Academics: Early Deans in the Liberal Arts Colleges
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LeBaron Russell Briggs was the man at Harvard College called on to take on tasks no one else wanted to do or, in some cases, no one else thought of doing in the first place. Briggs, often referred to as “Dean Briggs” by the students, became much more than his preferred professional occupation as professor of rhetoric over his long career. In time, Briggs would actually become Dean for Students. Briggs was so instrumental to Charles Eliot’s administration of Harvard College that he also served as the President of the Harvard Annex, better known as Radcliffe College, for several years.
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