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	John Silber - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Robert Silber (born August 15, 1926) is a controversial former president of Boston University and Democratic candidate for governor of Massachusetts in the 1990 election.
		Silber was the first chairman of the Texas Society to Abolish Capital Punishment and a leader in the integration of the University of Texas.
		Silber was on the board of trustees of Adelphi University in 1996 when the New York State Board of Regents dismissed seventeen of the trustees along with the president amidst charges of corruption made by the faculty union.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Silber (719 words)

	John Silber Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Philosopher, educator and controversial President of Boston University, John Silber (born 1926) was an internationally recognized authority on ethics, education and the philosophy of Immanuel Kant.
		John Silber was born August 15, 1926, in San Antonio, Texas, the second son of Paul G. Silber, a German-American architect, and Jewell Joslin Silber, an elementary school teacher.
		Silber's manner was blunt, arrogant, and cold in the interview process; he called the B.U. campus "the ugliest damned place he'd ever seen." Yet, he mesmerized the committee with his vision for the university, especially for the improvement of undergraduate education.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/john-silber (1454 words)

	The Chronicle: 10/11/2002: Back in the Saddle at Boston University: John Silber Returns to Presidential Duties at a ...
		Silber grew to be the fourth-largest private nonprofit university in the country, is finally on the verge of a real change in leadership, its first in more than 30 years.
		Silber and the university's executive vice president, Joseph P. Mercurio, acknowledge that the endowment suffered because a large proportion was invested in so-called growth stocks, which were among the most volatile in the past five years.
		Silber has repeatedly insisted that the university faces no financial crisis, he is at the same time using the situation to hammer home the message that the budget has no room for schools or departments that he says don't require faculty members to carry their weight.
	chronicle.com /free/v49/i07/07a02901.htm (2672 words)

	BU \| University Professors Program \| Faculty \| Profile \| John Silber
		Silber is an internationally recognized authority on ethics, on the philosophy of law, and on the philosophy of Immanuel Kant.
		Silber is a leading spokesman for a rational, comprehensive system of financing higher education.
		In 1996, Governor William Weld appointed Dr. Silber to serve as chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Education, the state's policy-making board for public education below the collegiate level; he served as chairman until 1999.
	www.bu.edu /uni/faculty/profiles/silber.html (92 words)

	The American Enterprise: John Silber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		At a glance, his managerial style seems a mass of contradictions: He is detail-oriented enough to write letters to students reprimanding them for stealing silverware from dining halls, yet visionary enough to re-create his institution in ways that shape the national debate on issues ranging from core curricula to declining educational standards.
		Silber has also raised enormous amounts of money (the University’s endowment, $18 million when he arrived, now stands at over $600 million), recruited a bevy of distinguished scholars, and improved just about every one of the University’s programs.
		Silber: I don’t think the enactment of the death penalty is immoral per se.
	www.taemag.com /issues/articleID.15299/article_detail.asp (2362 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: News :: John R. Silber: War and Peace at Boston University
		Silber whips his head around and shuts the student up with an ice-cold stare and a reminder that it is he, Silber, who is holding the press conference.
		John Silber used this talent for intimidation when he was a philosophy professor at the University of Texas, fresh from Yale graduate school.
		Silber's right arm ends in a knob at his elbow--the result of a birth defect--and some say he is still revenging himself upon the school children who taunted him as a child.
	www.thecrimson.com /printerfriendly.aspx?ref=118707 (1447 words)

	Untitled Document
		John Silber is stepping down as chancellor of Boston University in November at the insistence of incoming president Daniel S. Goldin, who told Silber and BU trustees that he would not accept the presidency if it meant sharing power with the university's longtime leader, according to several trustees and campus officials.
		Silber's departure, after 32 years in office, marks a final chapter for a local power player whose name had become synonymous with BU -- and who won fans and critics alike for speaking his mind on everything from student morality to the intellectual threat of political correctness.
		Silber has become a wealthy man on the school's payroll, earning $807,229 during the 2001-02 academic year -- one of the highest salaries paid to a US university leader -- and possibly making even more in 2002-03, when he became BU's leader after president Jon Westling was ousted by trustees.
	web.uccs.edu /ur/mediawatch/August2003/boston_globe_08_25_03.htm (1187 words)

	a mad tea-party: Connect the Dots
		Silber -- who's been shooting his mouth off in the Boston Globe and other area news sources for a few months now -- defended his move in a speech to the University entitled "Tolerance and its Consequences," in which he took a pro-discrimination stance.
		Silber responded to the law students' complaint by charging they could not form coherent arguments.
		Silber is a reactionary and doesn't quite think through the consequences of his remarks, or, at least, doesn't give a whit.
	www.whostolethetarts.com /archives/000158.html (255 words)

	BU President John Silber Takes Aim at America
		John Silber's national bestseller Straight Shooting proves that not all philosophers have forgotten how to speak in layman's terms about the real challenges confronting our nation in the 1990s.
		Silber posits that "on many moral and social issues we can observe laws of natural sequence as predictable and as certain as any to be found in the natural sciences." In other words, we are all bound by the reality of moral cause and effect, just as we are bound by gravity.
		Silber's support of traditional moral values and his numerous recognitions of religion's vital role in the betterment of our lives, place him on the radical fringe of society's educational, political, and media elites.
	www.forerunner.com /forerunner/X0293_Silber_-_Straight_Sh.html (1166 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Obituaries -- Dr. John J. Silber, 82; incubated UCSD music department
		Silber, an improvisational trombonist, served as the department's second chairman from 1971 to 1974 and performed worldwide in musical genres from Dixieland to experimental.
		John Joseph Silber was born in Wheeling, W.Va. He served in the Navy during World War II and later studied at the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester in New York.
		Survivors include his wife, Ann Silber; daughters, Mary Carlstrom of Chicago, Ann Crosbie of Fremont and Ellen Silber of Santa Rosa; sons, John Silber of Fullerton, William Silber of Chino Hills, Thomas Silber of Rancho Santa Margarita, and Paul Silber and Richard Silber, both of Del Mar; 14 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/obituaries/20050314-9999-1m14silber.html (626 words)

	The Boston bully: Boston U. chancellor John Silber had a gay son who died of AIDS. So why is he such a dedicated ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Silber, 76, who had a gay son who died of AIDS complications in 1994, declined to talk to The Advocate for this story.
		Silber's action provoked an outcry from activists, gay groups, elected officials, and the editorial pages of the Globe and BU's Daily Free Press as well as from students at BU's school of law and college of fine arts, who circulated protest petitions.
		Silber, a University of Texas philosophy professor and dean when he be came BU president in 1971, has long been a hero of conservative academic groups, says Ken Sherrill, the openly gay chair of the political science department at City University of New York's Hunter College.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1589/is_2002_Nov_26/ai_95263251 (864 words)

	BU President John Silber Announces Gubernatorial Bid
		Silber explained his decision to enter the political fray of the Bay State: "One of the reasons why I am in this campaign is that I am testing the proposition that rational political discussion is still possible in this country."
		Silber's "get tough" approach to educational reform includes requiring higher SAT scores for college entrants and that public school teachers pass competency tests.
		Silber's penchant for controversy stems from his self-described postition as a "procedural conservative and a substantive liberal." On certain issues he is profoundly conservative; his abortion stance is pro-life; his foreign policy is staunchly anti-communist and interventionist.
	www.forerunner.com /forerunner/X0112_Silbers_Gubernatoria.html (960 words)

	Dr. John Silber Speaker - Booking Keynote Speaker for Corporate, Meeting Event - Contact Dr. John Silber
		Dr. John Silber is Chancellor of Boston University.
		For Silber, traditional American democratic values are not outworn cliches but real and living imperatives which demand that we understand who we are and what we must do.
		Recognizing that America is too young to step down, to retire into the second rank of nations, John Silber urges renewed reliance on what is finest in our nation's heritage as we face the challenge of creating a stronger, better America in the last decade of the twentieth century.
	www.grabow.biz /printable_pages/DrJohnSilber.htm (466 words)

	Responses to John Silber's piece titled "Give Iran’s Sorry President no Apologies"
		John Silber’s piece titled "Give Iran’s Sorry President no Apologies" (September 25) was a true disappointment in light of the advances made by the Clinton and Khatami administrations toward mutual understanding and dialogue.
		Silber may not be aware of the recently released CIA documents about the Coup against Premier Mosaddegh, authored by Donald Wilber, one of the architects of the destabilization program and coup d’etat.
		Silber states "There is a long-established principle in the common law that one who seeks justice must not come into court with dirty hands.
	www.payvand.com /news/00/oct/1003.html (1240 words)

	Can We Save the Schools of Massachusetts?
		Silber: The charter schools have the opportunity to improve the system but the teachers union has succeeded in so hampering the charter schools that they don’t play on an even field.
		Silber: If you’re going to hold together American society and not extend the notion of pluralism to the point where we have lost our national identity, there has to be something that unifies the children of the United States into a group with a common culture.
		Silber: Probably the most important achievement that we made under my leadership in the Board of Education was implementing a law passed in 1985 and reiterated in 1993 requiring that certification as a teacher depended upon the successful passage of a qualifying examination.
	www.massnews.com /past_issues/2000/Schools/silber.htm (4516 words)

	Chomsky vs. Silber
		John Silber, the President of Boston University, was a member of the Kissinger Commission that diagnosed a security threat in Central America.
		Silber referred to the Miskito indians, who were badly treated, I should say, the figures are that approximately sixty or seventy were killed.
		Silber mentioned Hitler and I am old enough to remember Hitler's speeches in which he talked about the threat to Germany posed by Poland from which Germany had to defend itself.
	www.zmag.org /chomsky/interviews/86-silber.html (3064 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: Opinion :: Grading Silber and the Media
		Surely John Silber wishes that his tumultuous campaign will leave a legacy--some sort of political message to the state and to his followers.
		In the second televised debate, for instance, Silber devoted three of his five turns to drill Weld on his support of the increasingly-unpopular Citizens for Limited Taxation (CLT) petition, instead of using the time to challenge his rival on his education plans, his environmental initiatives or his civil rights record.
		Silber was in danger of not receiving the requisite 15 percent of the votes at last June's Democratic state convention, but his high media image undoubtedly put him over the edge.
	www.thecrimson.com /printerfriendly.aspx?ref=222143 (1088 words)

	News Releases
		John Joseph Silber, Ph.D., an improvisational trombonist who headed the Department of Music at the University of California, San Diego during the 1970’s, died March 7 at UCSD Medical Center.
		John was one of the most kind and generous of spirited people you meet in your life.
		Silber is survived by his wife of 55 years, Ann, and eight children: John of Fullerton; William of Chino Hills; Thomas of Rancho Santa Margarita; Mary Carlstrom of Chicago; Ann Crosbie of Fremont; Ellen of Santa Rosa, Paul and Richard of Del Mar; 14 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
	ucsdnews.ucsd.edu /newsrel/general/Silber.asp (768 words)

	10 O'Clock News \| [John Silber and the Massachusetts State Democratic Party]
		Silber says that there should be a parallel between what the Democratic voters want and what the Democratic delegates want.
		Silber says that Murphy's comments are "trivial and absurd." Silber says that the Massachusetts Democratic Party has instituted a rule which was once used by racists to be exclusionary.
		Silber says that Democratic State Party should make changes; that the voters should be able to speak at the state convention.
	main.wgbh.org /ton/programs/7302_02.html (722 words)

	Faculty • Department of Philosophy at Boston University
		Silber is a leading spokesman for the maintenance of high academic standards and has gained national attention for his advocacy of a rational, comprehensive system for financing higher education.
		In January 1971 John Silber became the seventh president of Boston University, and in 1996 he became Chancellor.
		Silber has written widely on philosophy (especially on Immanuel Kant), education, and social and foreign policy.
	www.bu.edu /philo/faculty/silber.html (260 words)

	A Modern Inquisition - StarIQ.com
		from the Boston University website, John Silber is "the Chancellor of Boston University, an internationally recognized authority on ethics, on the philosophy of law, and on the philosophy of Immanuel Kant." He is a Professor of Philosophy and Law and Professor of International Relations.
		Silber claims it's "inexcusable for the government [Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board] to certify teachers of nonsense as competent or to authorize—that is, endorse—the granting of degrees in nonsense." I beg to differ.
		Silber's final act of desperation is to link Kepler College and its newly earned academic legitimacy with the hanging of witches in Massachusetts in 1692.
	www.stariq.com /Main/Articles/P0002558.HTM (1145 words)

	John Joseph Daverio \| Remembrances \| John Silber
		He was also a colleague and friend, respected by all who knew him and adored by those who knew him well.
		John Daverio’s loss is measured by the magnitude of his talents, virtues and achievements.
		We must simply accept it and find solace in his writings and in our memories of his many gifts and his talent, not only for music, but for friendship.
	johndaverio.bu.edu /remembrances/johnsilber.html (97 words)

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		"John Silber used every repressive means at his disposal to turn BU from the progressive 'Berkeley of the East' to a campus where activists are threatened, academic freedom is repressed, and labs are used to develop weapons for the military instead for learning and social betterment," he said.
		Silber is accused of mishandling university finances, burying BU in debt, and personally accumulating wealth at the university's expense, according to extensive research documented in the Fact Book on John Silber, a 1990 publication sponsored by former BU students and faculty.
		Part of the way Silber resisted these "fads" was to deny tenure or salary increases to faculty from departments such as women's studies, helping him cut spending despite charges that he was violating academic freedom.
	www.thestudentunderground.org /old_website/print.php?ArticleID=195 (2464 words)

	Department of International Relations \| Faculty \| John Silber
		Dr. John Silber is an internationally recognized authority on ethics, on the philosophy of law, and on the philosophy of Immanuel Kant.
		Professor Silber is a leading spokesman for the maintenance of high academic standards and has gained national attention for his advocacy of a rational, comprehensive system for financing higher education.
		In January 1996, Governor William Weld chose Professor Silber to head the Massachusetts Board of Education, the state's policy-making board for public education at the elementary, middle and high school levels.
	www.bu.edu /ir/faculty/silber.html (179 words)

	Brinkley
		Silber introduces a different story line in which the news media that is discrediting the politicians is itself discredited by the people.
		He is putting Silber in the defensive mode and then trying to use a pseudo-benevolent tone and clever phrasing to get Silber to believe that, in order to defend himself, he must submit to an insulting question and agree that no, he doesn't admire Hitler.
		Silber then finishes what he was going to say before, enhancing Jackson's image to defend his own image, and simultaneously getting out part of the Republican-like message that George Will tried to demonstrate earlier, namely that fls must be responsible for solving many of their own problems.
	www.transparencynow.com /news/brinkleytrans.htm (6863 words)

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