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...formerly designated exclusively for men or women became open to both sexes. In some cases, however, where a donor's intent had been to honor specifically a man or a woman, the sex prerequisite prevailed. Such was the case of the Frothingham Award, for which one of the selection criteria is "manliness." Now the Frothingham Award is also under review, as Harvard attorneys determine whether it is possible to award the prize to women as well...
...part of the University) is legally beholden to its prize donors to preserve the conditions attached to a prize--thus the reason why the Frothingham might remain for men only. However, the stark gender imbalance among the prizes should encourage the University to reexamine the original language of prize criteria and do as much as it can within the letter of its obligations to donors to open prizes to both men and women. Where this is not possible and where a prize must remain single-sex for reasons beyond the University's control, the University should make strong efforts...
...Since it will be awarded by the Institute, the Fay Prize could reflect the Institute's mission to contribute to the study of women, gender and society by honoring an undergraduate, male or female, who has shown superior scholarship in this area. University administrators have already hinted that the criteria for the prize may come to emphasize scholarship over the additional elements of conduct and character...
When the Fay prize returns next year, its selection criteria may well have changed. But according to Dunn and Connors, it will have to be open to both men and women...
...case of the Fay prize, only one person gets it because of whatever criteria are spelled out in terms [of the original gift]," Connors said...