File photos Longtime professor, provost Jacques Barzun, developed Core, dies at 104 By Gina Lee and Casey Tolan Barzun, CC ’27, Ph.D. ’32, taught the first Colloquium on Important Books—the predecessor to Literature Humanities—and developed the Core Curriculum’s humanities focus. He spent 53 years as a student, professor, and provost. Read more about Longtime professor, provost Jacques Barzun, developed Core, dies at 104 7 comments Add new comment