Doctor Grisswald was the Dean of Barnett College in the 1940s.
A stickler for rules and correct processes, he nevertheless tolerated Indiana Jones' unorthodox schedule for years while continually having his patience tested.
Biography[]
In late 1937, archaeologist Indiana Jones was let go from Marshall College for failing to return from his expedition surrounding the mystery of the Great Circle in time for the university's mid-terms.[2] He moved on to teaching at Barnett College instead[3] where he found the administration more amicable to his unorthodox lifestyle. However, within a few years of joining the school, the Dean stepped down and his replacement was Doctor Grisswald, a man who was lauded for his advancement of archaeological research methods which accompanied a personality that was strict on proper processes being observed that Jones correctly deduced would be a source of ongoing friction between himself and the new regime.[4][5]
In 1943, Grisswald threatened to fire Indiana Jones, if he continued to go on adventures.[6]
Later that year, Jones had a phone call with Grisswald in Kansas City. He later went to Hiob, to talk with Grisswald about the Anasazi and a machine that fellow university colleague Professor Schlomo Petryk had built, but was captured by Jake and his men.[6]
Behind the scenes[]
Grisswald was a recurring figure throughout author Wolfgang Hohlbein's series of Indiana Jones novels. Written and released in non-chronological order, the books depict Grisswald as university dean before he even gets the position and places his authority at a school in Washington DC (where Indiana Jones is also shown to have some affiliation) before it's stated to be New York's Barnett College instead.
Appearances[]
- Indiana Jones und das Erbe von Avalon
- Indiana Jones und das Labyrinth des Horus
- Indiana Jones und das Geheimnis der Osterinseln
- Indiana Jones und das Gold von El Dorado (First appearance)
- Indiana Jones und das Verschwundene Volk
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Indiana Jones und das Gold von El Dorado
- ↑ Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- ↑ Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- ↑ Indiana Jones und das Labyrinth des Horus
- ↑ Indiana Jones und das Labyrinth des Horus has the event in May 1941 but Indiana Jones und das Erbe von Avalon already has Grisswald as Dean in September 1940.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Indiana Jones und das Verschwundene Volk