Word: eck
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...graduate student in the 1970s, Diana L. Eck cited her desire to pursue doctoral research in India when she turned down a request by then-Master of Lowell House Zeph Stewart to serve as a resident tutor...
More than two decades later, now a professor of comparative religion and Indian studies, Eck will accept the top post at Lowell--that of House Master--University officials announced yesterday...
...Eck and her partner Dorothy A. Austin, an associate professor of psychology and religion at Drew University in New Jersey and an ordained Episcopal minister, will serve together as co-masters of Lowell. Their appointment fills the positions that will soon be vacated by Arnold Jr. Professor of Science William H. Bossert '59 and his wife Mary Lee, who have announced plans to retire after serving as Lowell's co-masters for 23 years...
According to Eck, she and Austin had long considered becoming masters but never followed through with the process. However, she said when Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 approached her about adding her name to a list of candidates for the post, she agreed...
...felt like it was an auspicious moment," Eck said. "The more we explored the idea, the more that we discovered it was very appealing...