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Harvard's "dean of deans" Delmar Leighton, 66, is probably remembered more warmly by more Harvardmen than anyone else in the Yard. Alumnus ('19) Leighton spent 40 years giving errants a second chance and trying to hold Harvard to human scale. The son of a truck farmer, he "backed into deaning" after flying for the Marines in World War I, trying the textile business and teaching economics. As Harvard's first dean of freshmen in 1931, Leighton warmed up cold Cambridge by housing freshmen together for mutual aid. As dean of the college in 1952, he revitalized...
Elliott Perkins '23, Master of Lowell House; Alwin A. Pappenheimer, Jr. '29, Master of Dunster House; Delmar Leighton '19, Master of Dudley House; David E. Owen, Master of Winthrop House; and Charles H. Taylor, Master of Kirkland House, however, seriously questioned the applicability of any plan for House credit courses...
Commuters say they know more members of Dudley than resident students do in their Houses; and the House Committee is especially energetic and has a close relation with House members. Providing much of the inspiration for the many student activities at Dudley is Delmar Leighton '19, its Master...
...Delmar Leighton, Master of Dudley House, said yesterday that certain people claim that Stone wrote the play "as a malicious vendetta." Leighton emphasized that in canceling the play he did not pass judgment on the charge of vengeful intent. "I merely decided the issue was too hot to handle," he said...
Business firms have created the dangerous idea that young men must attend college to succeed, Delmar Leighton 19, Master of Dudley House, said yesterday. He charged that business has overestimated the importance of a degree...