DR. MORRIS RAPHAEL COHEN WILL RETIRE AS PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY AT THE COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK AT THE END OF THE CURRENT SEMESTER IN JANUARY, IT WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY. PROFESSOR COHEN, WHO IS 57, HAS TAUGHT AT THE COLLEGE FOR 35 YEARS.
IN A LETTER OF RESIGNATION, DR. COHEN SAID HE WISHED TO DEVOTE HIMSELF TO “PHILOSOPHIC STUDY AND WRITING.” HE WILL ALSO REMAIN ACTIVE IN THE CONFERENCE ON JEWISH RELATIONS, OF WHICH HE IS PRESIDENT.
DR. COHEN CITED “POOR HEALTH AND OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES” AS THE REASONS FOR HIS DESIRE TO RETIRE. THE CAMPUS, UNDERGRADUATE NEWSPAPER, DECLARED IN A FRONT-PAGE EDITORIAL, “MORRIS COHEN CAN’T RESIGN FROM THE COLLEGE. WE WON’T LET HIM.”
PROFESSOR COHEN, A LEADING PHILOSOPHER AND LOGICIAN, AUTHOR OF SEVERAL BOOKS AND TREATISES, ENTERED CITY COLLEGE AS A STUDENT IN 1895, LATER STUDIED AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND RETURNED TO CITY COLLEGE IN 1902 AS A MEMBER OF THE MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT STAFF. IN 1912 HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT AS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AND IN 1923 WAS RAISED TO A FULL PROFESSORSHIP.
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