Professor Jerry Balmuth's baccalaureate remarks - Colgate University News
Let's hear it for Balmuth - this time he's the one who needed the extension. Fifty-five years is a long time and he has been properly heralded for his distinguished service to the school.
This was an uplifting speech and he even referred to Wittgenstein without naming him - Bravo!
And in a stunning contrapositive to to his remarks on difference, I give you William James:
"There are no differences except differences in degrees of difference between difference and no difference."
I hope Jerry still decides to give lectures at reunion.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
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Balmuth was the most disrespectful person I ever met. His attitude and posture of arrogance and conceit were completely inappropriate - I'm glad he was forced to retire. I'm amazed Colgate continued to permit him to abuse students for so long
Your anonimity speaks for itself. Jerry Balmuth is a fine man and Colgate's longest tenured professor. I'm sure it was his intellectual superiority that offended you.
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