In a statement to the school’s community last week, the president of Columbia University, Lee C. Bollinger, announced the institution will rename a dormitory that was named in honor of a slave owner. Bard Hall, which was opened in 1931, was named for the 18th-century physician Samuel Bard. The physician served as George Washington’s doctor...

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