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Philip Butterfield
Philip completed a Bachelor鈥檚 degree from the 免费福利资源在线看片 of British Columbia. After a few years of teaching, he obtained a Master鈥檚 degree in Philosophy at the 免费福利资源在线看片 of Washington. In 1969, Philip took a position at the 免费福利资源在线看片 of Lethbridge in the Philosophy Department. Throughout his career at the 免费福利资源在线看片, he served on many committees and he also held the position of Associate Dean of Arts and Science. Philip retired in 1989.
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(JT: 听Jim Tagg, Interviewer)
JT: 听In '67 you come here, first of all, you have to be chair of the department (Philosophy), but you also had to follow Owen Holmes' dictum that you get involved, and 鈥�
PB: 听Well, the thing is, and I didn't know it, I'd never had any experience in anything of the kind at all, but if I was made for anything, I was made for that situation. 听I jumped in with all four feet, and I didn't have to be urged. 听First thing, I was twice the faculty member elected to the Senate. 听I was two terms as chairman. 听I was two separate terms as the president of the Faculty Association. 听I was two separate terms, plus a little more, as Associate Dean. 听I was just born for these quasi, half-baked, administrative kind of things. 听It turned out that it suited me. 听I didn't want it, I didn't want anything. 听I just floated on the sea.
JT: 听Well, if flair and verve were the strengths of Sam Smith, what do you think you brought to those?
PB: 听As I say, there's no training or certification.听听In some of them, I have to say that in some of them, I was just good at it, it turned out. 听At least that's my view. 听I was on every damn committee and ad hoc committee, and I just loved it. 听I loved it, and I thought I was good at it, if I'd thought about it at all. 听And that was my full service to the 免费福利资源在线看片. 听I didn't realize it until a couple of years ago, no that's wrong ...听but I was never cut out to be a scholar. 听I wasn't an academic in the scholarly sense at all. 听I had a certain success as a teacher, but I was never any scholar, which was a sore point with my department, that I didn't add to their business or luster at all. 听On the other hand, I certainly served the 免费福利资源在线看片 long and well, and they recognized it. 听They kept promoting me and giving me increments.
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