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On the one hand, we knew that when Larry met Harry, it wouldn’t necessarily be a romance. Thus, it is quite possible that Lewis’ departure was sparked only by University President Lawrence H. Summers’ desire to staff the administration with �...
In the wake of World War II, a tide of veterans returned from overseas and bloated Harvard’s admissions pool. For the first time, the College had significantly more applicants than it could accommodate, and the increase in numbers forced it to reconsider the approach to admissionsâ?...
While some called for the elimination of football, for others Harvard’s failures on the field signaled a need to overhaul athletic and admissions policies.
Changes began in 1950. By 1953, the year before the University joined the inchoate Ivy League, it had consolidated its financial aid apparatus, brought athletics under the jurisdiction of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and waived athletic participation and spectator fees for undergraduates.
DIED. MARK MCCORMACK, 72, father of sports marketing; after a heart attack; in New York City. Before McCormack helped turn Arnold Palmer into golf's first celebrity, athletes could expect only product samples and meager sums for making commercials and public appearances. Today his billion-dollar-a-year company, IMG...