African Studies department at Harvard ... Note title use

[Harold F. Schiffman]

That's funny; isn't "Pr." also used for French 'Pere' ?

Or am I getting mixed up.

Hal S.

On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 susanne.miskimmin at utoronto.ca wrote:

> This has become an issue here in Toronto where at least one major newspaper has
> made the editorial decision to refer to all academics as Prof. whether or not
> they have a doctorate.
>
> Just the other day I say my first use of "Pr."
>
> Best,
>
> Susanne Miskimmin
> Ph.D. Candidate
> Department of Anthropology
> University of Toronto
>
>
>
> Quoting "P. Kerim Friedman" <kerim.list at oxus.net>:
>
> > I thought Peter's e-mail important enough to raise the issue myself
> > with the NY Times. In their e-mail reply they addressed the issue with
> > Dr. Morgan, but did not clarify the Prof/Dr. issue - which they seem to
> > use interchangeably. Here is there reply:
> >
> >
>
>