May 23, 2010
Foreign-Language Programs, Facing Cuts, Find a Champion in 'Tennessee Bob'
Trey Clark for the Chronicle
Robert D. Peckham is "Tennessee Bob," a professor of French at the U. of Tennessee at Martin, who puts his heart into fights anywhere in the country that foreign-language instruction is threatened with cutbacks.
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Trey Clark for the Chronicle
Robert D. Peckham is "Tennessee Bob," a professor of French at the U. of Tennessee at Martin, who puts his heart into fights anywhere in the country that foreign-language instruction is threatened with cutbacks.
Martin, Tenn.
Robert D. Peckham, a professor of French, had more to deal with this spring than his usual end-of-semester duties. The countryside in western Tennessee was bright green and dotted with the yellow of wild mustard blooms, but Mr. Peckham was less than cheerful. His department at the University of Tennessee at Martin was restructuring. The oldest of his four kids had just moved back home, so the family was adjusting. Most of all, Mr. Peckham was anxious that a university more than 400 miles away
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