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Notable Staff

  • In 1960, three Smith professors, one who had been there for 38 years, were fired or "allowed to retire" for being gay. This was chronicled in a book ("The Scarlet Professor — Newton Arvin: A Literary Life Shattered by Scandal" (Doubleday, 2001), by Barry Werth), and the PBS Independent Lens film, "The Great Pink Scare."

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