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Robert McDermott served as president of
the Institute from 1990 until 1999. He is
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Baruch
College, City University of New York (CUNY),
where he was chair of the philosophy department
and of the program in religion and culture.
He earned a Ph.D. in philosophy from Boston
University in 1969, an M.A. in philosophy
from Emory University in 1965, and his B.A.
in classics from Queens College, CUNY, in
1962. Prior to his coming to the Institute,
he taught philosophy and comparative religion
for 27 years: seven years at Manhattanville
College (1964-71), and 20 years at Baruch
College (1971-90).
Robert has been the recipient of numerous
grants, fellowships, and professional honors,
including a Fulbright grant for study and
travel in India (1966) and a position as
senior Fulbright lecturer at the Open University,
England (1975-76) where he was advisor and
contributing editor to sixteen films on
"Man's Religious Quest." With the support
of Laurance S. Rockefeller, he has co-directed
a four-year project, "The Recovery of Thinking
in Philosophy, Science, and Education."
Robert is editor of The Essential Aurobindo
(1988) and The Essential Steiner
(1984).
Philosophy,
Cosmology, and Consciousness Program
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