Re: studentadvising...what one shouldn'

Ruby Rohrlich (rohrlich@GWIS2.CIRC.GWU.EDU)
Sat, 2 Mar 1996 21:13:43 -0500

On Sat, 2 Mar 1996, thomas w kavanagh wrote:

> My father, PhD from MIT (Chemistry, 1947), Assistant General Manager for
> Reactors in the old AEC and thus Rickover's "boss," refused to be
> called either Dr.--that was for MDs, he said--or Sir, totally confounding
> his military aides; I called him Dad. I, however, as my home page attests, am
> Dr. Tom, or just tk, thus combining both.
>
> tk
>
>
> On Sat, 2 Mar 1996, Read, Dwight ANTHRO wrote:
>
> > A question for all those debating titles that professors should or shouldn't
> > use with students. When seeing a medical doctor, how many expect to call
> > the doctor by her/his first name?
> >
> > D. Read
> > READ@ANTHRO.SSCNET.UCLA.EDU
> >
>