Penn Adds a 2-Star General to Its Ranks; Prominent Legal Couple Joins U. of Illinois Faculty; Magazine Columnist Takes Post at Pitt

A MODERN MAJOR GENERAL: The University of Pennsylvania shocked professors and students this month by tapping a two-star general with no experience in higher education as the institution's chief operating officer.

Maj. Gen. Clifford L. Stanley, 55, who will take over at Penn next month, has been in the military for more than 30 years and is the highest-ranking African-American in the Marine Corps. In 2001 he served as commanding general of the Marine base in Quantico, Va., where he also

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