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...idea for a massive capital campaign for the College may have even proceeded October. In a letter dated Feb. 4, 1957 to William Bentinck-Smith ’37, Pusey’s assistant, Lamont even remarked that “It could be said that the groundwork for the Program was laid in the spring of 1953 when the Corporation brought the name of Nathan M. Pusey to the Overseers as the 24th President of Harvard College.” A MULTIFACETED CAMPAIGN...
...spring of 1957, the PHC published the first issue of Harvard Today, a magazine dedicated to disseminating information about the program and encouraging donations from the college’s 45,000 alumni. Overseen by managing editor Frank Pemberton ‘42 and editor Bentinck-Smith, the pages of Harvard Today were filled with news about the progress of the campaign and features that emphasized the utility and necessity of the PHC. Among the contributors to the first issue were Bundy, White and then-Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy...
...Pusey invites William Bentinck-Smith ’37 to become his assistant. Bentinck-Smith remains in this position for 17 years...
After working as a reporter for The BostonGlobe and then as managing editor for the AlumniBulletin in the early forties, Bentinck-Smithserved in the Navy during World War II, earningthe Bronze Star for courage...
...Bentinck-Smith is survived by his wife, Phebe,and four children