Blue & Gold Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 The ABJ reported today that Dr. Howard Ducharme was removed as Chair of the UA Philosophy Department. Wow, this is a horrible move on UA's part as Dr. Ducharme is one of the most intellectually gifted men in all of NE Ohio. He's an absolutely brilliant graduate of Oxford University. I am an acquaintance of Dr. Ducharme and know from personal experience that he is great with students as he is one of the most humble, unassuming, unpretentious people you could ever hope to meet. In fact, he is so down-to-earth that he is more comfortable with his students referring to him as "Dewey," than as Dr. Ducharme.Does anyone have any inside info on this?I know that Dewey is a Christian man, and that he was discriminated against because of his religious beliefs at his former place of employment (the University of I'll Bite My Tongue.) I would hope that this is not the case here. Also, I know that Dewey really sticks to his philosophical guns as a resident ethicist at both Summa & General hospitals when a medical ethically gray area is encountered (mostly dealing w/ the continued care of partially brain damaged patients) and that has caused friction with insurance companies on more than one occassion. Just saying, if you know Dewey, you know this is bogus. UA is fortunate to have a mind (and personality) like his instructing at the U! So, once again, does anyone have any inside info on this development? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippyrifle32 Posted March 22, 2008 Report Share Posted March 22, 2008 i had him my freshman year in an honors section of intro to ethics and i could not stand the guy. his opinion was right and if you didn't agree you were not allowed to speak and did poorly on papers. he had a big chunk of the class riled up by the end of the year. 1/3 -1/2 of the class threatened to go above his head and magically the potential c's and d's became a's and b's. i'm sure he is a good person, but i disagree with your statements about him in the classroom. i have no idea why he would lose his chair position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted March 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 i had him my freshman year in an honors section of intro to ethics and i could not stand the guy. his opinion was right and if you didn't agree you were not allowed to speak and did poorly on papers. he had a big chunk of the class riled up by the end of the year. 1/3 -1/2 of the class threatened to go above his head and magically the potential c's and d's became a's and b's. i'm sure he is a good person, but i disagree with your statements about him in the classroom. i have no idea why he would lose his chair position.Interesting. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippyrifle32 Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 Bob Dyer wrote a column about the situation. UA "slacker" should get some slack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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