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The Killing of Presidents and Deans at AUB
October 11th, 2016
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In the period between 1975 and 1990, AUB had lost two deans in 1976, a president in 1984; the same period of the civil war in Lebanon While the two incidences had their peculiarities, there’s no denying that the Lebanese civil war between 1975 and 1990 played a significant role in these unfortunate incidences. Subsequently, we will look at the role played by the Lebanese civil war on the killings. Though the civil war started in 1975, the causes were already having an effect before that. The growing tension in the region meant the student got involved in making protests on the AUB campus. They did so because they had a platform to do so – the student council. Since the founding of the student council on November 20, 1969, the students were always ready to speak their minds on any topic. According to the school, some of these opinions quickly turned into “political” opinions. In the 1970/71 session, the school suspended the academic session because the student had an open strike towards the proposed increase in tuition fees. This also resulted in the school suspending 22 students from the university. In 1974 a similar occurrence happened after a 43-day destructive strike in the 1974 spring semester at AUB. This time, however, the school suspended a reported 103 students (officially for different reasons such as poor academic record) including a certain Najm who would be the one to pull the trigger on the two deans (Dean of Engineering, Ghosn, and Dean of students, Bob Najemy) in 1976. There’s no doubt that the presence of what some sections tagged “Pro-Western government” contributed to the civil war. AUB was then seen by the militias (comprising mainly of Palestinian forces and Muslim Lebanese groups) as a symbol of the West’s attempt to influence affairs in Lebanon. AUB presented the easiest target for high-profile American citizens. In July 1982, pro-Iranian forces took Stuart Dodge – the then President of AUB – as a hostage. Although he was later released, but it seems the American government and the school authority didn’t learn to increase security around the school’s top officials. This failure to learn resulted in Dr. Kerr's (the school's president) death on the 19th of January, 1984. Two unknown assailants shot him twice in the head on the floor of his office after alighting from the elevator. However, after the attack, a group, the Islamic Holy War took responsibility for the killing. In the call to the AFP, the caller claimed: “…he was a victim of the American Military presence in Lebanon.” Can you Identify the devoted presidents and deans? Image courtesy of:https://goingfortheguttural.wordpress.com/ |
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