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Jerome Richfield

Professor/Dean of Letters and Sciences/Humanities, 1959-1989

Dr. Jerome Richfield, born in New York, New York, earned a doctorate from the University of Cincinnati and served as chair of the philosophy department at Northern Illinois University. He came to CSUN in 1959 to found its philosophy department. He served as dean of the School of Letters and Sciences from 1972 to 1974, and was Dean of the School of Humanities at CSUN from 1974 until his retirement in 1989. Richfield was interviewed by John Broesamle as source material for his book Suddenly a Giant: A History of California State University, Northridge (Northridge: Santa Susana Press, 1993). He passed away at age 71 in 1992.

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Jerome Richfield
Jerome Richfield, Professor/Dean of Letters and Sciences/Humanities, 1959-1989