Professor Appiah receives Princeton appointment
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| K. Anthony Appiah, the Charles H. Carswell Professor of Afro-American Studies and of Philosophy, will become the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy at Princeton effective September 1. Appiah will continue to teach at Harvard through the end of this academic year. The following statements have been released: | |
 Professor Anthony Appiah Download photo as high-res image (300 dpi, 2.7Mb) |
"I have a wonderful job as Professor of Afro-American Studies and of
Philosophy at Harvard. I have the most cordial relations with my colleagues in the faculty and the administration. My decision to leave is entirely positive: it reflects the personal and intellectual attractions of Princeton at this stage of my career."
K. Anthony Appiah
Charles H. Carswell Professor of Afro-American Studies and of Philosophy "Professor Appiah has made important contributions at Harvard through his work in African American Studies and in Philosophy. He will be missed. We wish him every success in the future."
Lawrence H. Summers
President, Harvard University "Professor Appiah is a wonderful scholar and a good personal friend, and I am very sorry to lose such a splendid colleague. Both personally and as Dean, I shall miss him greatly."
Jeremy R. Knowles
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences |
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