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After emigrating from South Korea in his early 30s, he earned a doctorate in education at Indiana University Bloomington and eventually moved to rural Kentucky for an associate professorship at a small Christian university.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2023

The University of New Hampshire offered Mr. Simic an associate professorship in 1973, and he ended up teaching at the school for more than three decades.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2023

To summon it westward, Rainey hired a young Yale man, Amos Alonzo Stagg, enticing the coach not only with a sizeable salary but an associate professorship and full tenure.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2011

He left an associate professorship at M.I.T. in 1922 to become assistant director of S.O.I.'s research department.

From Time Magazine Archive

A workout in that position, then an associate professorship; then this year, at 30, a full professorship of theoretical chemistry.

From Time Magazine Archive