Another scientist, Dr Cyrus H. Gordon, chairman of Mediterranean studies at Brandeis University, agreed.

Outraged and ashamed, the CUNY trustees cut to one year his latest three-year term as chairman of black studies, which he had held for two decades.

After the war, he worked at the State Department until 1949, when he became chairman of Latin American studies at Boston University.

"The conceptual approach was good for the brightest students," said Ernest Southworth, chairman of social studies at Tully High School, south of Syracuse.

"New Jersey is a perfect example of creative localism," said Michael Aaron Rockland, the chairman of American studies at Rutgers University.

He also served as chairman of religious studies from 1969-76.

He started teaching the Bible and Greek at Westmont College in 1957 and soon rose to become chairman of biblical studies and philosophy.

Dr. Leonard Jeffries, the bigoted chairman of black studies at the City College of New York, has won another legal battle against the university.

He had to leave Harvard after two years but returned triumphantly years later as the first chairman of Afro-American studies.

Michael Aaron Rockland, chairman of American studies at Rutgers, thinks the subject is much more far-reaching, "the tail that wags the dog of American life."