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Columbia students and faculty and another entrance for members of the neighboring West Harlem community, who would not have access to all of the facilities. Kirk initially agreed to address some of the protesters demands, but ultimately filed trespass charges against them and called in police to clear the occupied buildings. After the incident, Kirk resisted calls for his resignation, but stayed away from graduation and eventually announced his retirement before the start of the next academic year.
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Construction was delayed for several years due to lack of funds, during which time community resentment over the university's crowding out its poorer neighbors festered. When construction began in
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began on April 23, when student protesters began what would become an eight-day occupation of five university buildings and the president's office. Students were protesting the university's affiliation with the
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campus, and doubled the university library's holdings. However, the university's academic standing gradually eroded during his tenure vis-Ă -vis such ascendent institutions as
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of government. He was promoted to full professor in 1943 and began a long association with the U.S. government when he served in the
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in 1997. He is buried next to his wife Marion Sands Kirk (May 6, 1904 – May 17, 1996) at
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