Re: [Phys-L] [rete] Laboratory garbage

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

On 2014, May 08, , at 09:15, John Clement <clement@hal-pc.org> wrote:

>  Los Alamos lab used it for none,
> so the director was Louie, and the janitor was Joe.

  I was told no honorific title of Dr. (except MDs) at Harvard.  Still true?


>  I have also seen this
> problem in community colleges and private schools.  A female friend
> experienced that the secretaries in Houston Community College refused to
> address her as Dr while addressing male colleagues as Dr.  The Germans go
> the other way and use academic titles even in social address. 


Yes, I was a bit uncomfortable when often addressed as Herr Doktor Professor at the German language school in Dresden.
This also indicates the greater appreciation of academics in Europe than in the US, no?

bc,  Grundstufe  

p.s. Curious:

Herr Doktor Professor | Lamentations on Chemistry  

http://gaussling.wordpress.com/2008/03/19/herr-doktor-professor/  

No prob. for bc (from Keele, England)