The Chronicle of Higher Education
IN RETIREMENT

Putting Linguistic Knowledge to Work

By JULIE NICKLIN RUBLEY

Robert E. Beard

Highlights of academic career

Mr. Beard, who turns 66 this month, worked at Bucknell University for 35 years, rising to become a professor of linguistics and Russian, and later director of the linguistics department, before retiring in 2000.

Current activities

Mr. Beard and a former student have...

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