Recruitment of Heber Doust Curtis in 1930

Turns out Heber Curtis did not want the job as director (and in fact, turned down the headhunter from Michigan at least once). Yet on a trip through Ann Arbor, the President of the University and Dean of LSA prevailed upon him (with “foot, horse, and guns” – a phrase he may have picked up […]

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