In 1990, Cole received the Levenson Prize. Thataward is presented by the Undergraduate Council tostaff members who have made a particularly strongcontribution to the education of undergraduates.
Cole was also an outspoken critic of what heperceived as rampant grade inflation at theUniversity.
Cole received his doctorate in 1991. Presentlyunaffiliated with Romance Languages, he has beenteaching in the core program since then, Gaylordsaid.
The memo observed by The Crimson was written bySidney Verba, director of the Harvard Universitylibrary and Pforzheimer University Professor.
Verba did not return several phone calls thisweek.
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Jonathan A. Lewin and E.F. Mulkerincontributed to the reporting of this story.