Word: deans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...final act of Delmar Leighton '19 as Dean of Harvard College was to empty his top drawer, so that John U. Munro '34, Director of Financial Aid, "will have a place to put his things." Munro will take over as Dean Monday when Leighton becomes Master of Dudley House...
Leighton has served as Dean of Harvard Gollege since 1952. He has seen A Program for Harvard College pass $50 million, has served under two Presidents, Conant and Pusey, and has dealt with the first group of seniors to "live out" of the University since the beginning of the House system...
When he graduated from Business School of 1922, Leighton intended to start work with a textile firm. But the mill moved south and he took a temporary job in the Dean's Office. The "temporary" job lasted for more than 30 years, as he served first as Dean of Juniors and Seniors and then for 20 years as Dean of Freshmen...
John U. Munro, who will replace Delmar Leighton as Dean of Harvard College, has been on the firing line long enough to assure an easy transition from the old to the new regimes. Munro's experience as Director of the Financial Aid Office has brought him in close touch with many of the student problems he will now have to meet head-on. It is too early to indulge in predictions about the new Dean's performance, but his background and abilities well qualify him to cope with one of the most trying posts in the University...
...most significant move, however, is the transfer of Dean Leighton from University Hall to Dudley House, where he will become Master of a House, not yet on equal footing with the rest of the University. Dean Leighton's long-standing and serious concern with the problem of commuting students promises that he will devote every effort to the task of altering Dudley's status within the Harvard community. His patience and energy will be missed in University Hall, but they are essential assets to his new position and to the goal he seeks for Dudley House...