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...school faculty, not any politician, university official or alumnus, makes all law admission decisions. This applicant was accepted because he worked his way through Haverford College, had a B average, a 652 LSAT score and an excellent work record since graduation. In fact, every one of our decisions is objective and reviewable by the public. Each is based on individual merit and is neither helped nor hurt by one's "political clout," race, religion, national origin, name, age, sex or station in life...
...varsity coach noted, "If there's somebody out there who's good, then I'm sure to know his coach, or else I know somebody else who does. And if we can get an alumnus to talk to him and he still doesn't have the desire to send in a goddamn letter of application, then for Pete's sake, who wants...
...committee apparently planned last month to name Robert Peck, athletic director at Williams College, but Peck withdrew after encountering student and alumni opposition to the appointment of a non-Harvard alumnus...
Only a Harvard alumnus will be able to understand the importance of intercollegiate sports in maintaining Harvard's prestige, and be able to resist the efforts of graduate students to gain greater access to the University's currently inadequate athletic facilities, Watson said...
Robert E. Kaufmann '62, associate dean of the Faculty for finance and administration and chairman of the search committee, said yesterday he cannot predict whether the next director will be an alumnus, adding that he thinks the committee's wishes may no longer figure into the selection process...