HELP!

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>  OFFICE MEMO         HELP!                                 Date:  2/19/96
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>TO EVERYONE OUT THERE.
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>PALEONTOLOGY AND THE GEOLOGY PROGRAM AT WHITTIER COLLEGE IS IN TROUBLE!!
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>We need help from all of you.  Our new Dean has announced he plans to
>terminate the geology program here at Whittier College.  This move has taken
>everyone by complete surprise.  The department recently expanded from 2 to 3
>permanent faculty, and I was specifically hired with the understanding I
>would have an opportunity to build a program.  We were searching for a
>replacement for our retiring mineralogist, and were subsequently going to
>re-tool the geology curriculum.   Should this move occur, that opportunity
>will be lost.
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>We would appreciate letters that might educate our new Dean about the
>importance of a geology program, particularly at a liberal arts college in
>SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA!!
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>Another meeting is scheduled for 2/29 to discuss the dean's decision, and we
>would appreciate having a sheaf of supporting letters by that time.  Please
>send an additional copy to me (BGREENSTEIN@WHITTIER.EDU) so I may produce
>them at that meeting.
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>Our dean's name is Dr. Richard Millman, his mailing address is at:
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>Office of Academic Affairs
>Whittier College
>Whittier, CA 90608
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>His e-mail address is millman@whittier.edu.  If you wish to copy the
>president his name is James Ash, same snail mail address, e-mail to
>jash@whittier.edu
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>Many thanks for all your help.
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>Ben Greenstein
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