April 7, 2008

Jeremy R. Knowles, 1935-2008

Jeremy R. Knowles, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences from 1991 until 2002, died Thursday...

Jeremy R. Knowles, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences from 1991 until 2002, died Thursday. Read the Harvard News Office statement here and the Crimson story here.

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