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College president trades office for ditch digging and dishwashing
Dr. John R. Coleman of Haverford College took a sabbatical to work as a farmhand in Ontario and as a ditchdigger and dishwasher in Atlanta and Boston. He later presided over the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia before returning to academia. He sought to relearn people skills and the everyday realities beyond the world of words and politics.
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Israel Shenker
New York Times
New York
John R. Coleman
Haverford College
Haverford
Ontario
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Atlanta
First Utility Corporation
First Plumbing Corporation
Federal Reserve Bank
Coleman
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Boston
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge
Stuart
Boston Globe
Union Oyster House