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...that token, Harry R. Lewis ’68 would seem to be the perfect alumnus. He arrived in the mid-1960s as a bright-eyed first-year in Weld, lived through some of the University’s most turbulent times and went on to dedicate the better part of four decades to building and supporting Harvard. An esteemed computer science professor, he co-authored a report in 1994 that designed the reinvigoration of the position of Dean of the College, and the following year he was asked to become the first faculty member to rise to the post...
Even the proctors protested. Forty of 60 first-year proctors signed a petition against the Core proposal, saying they felt they understood the needs of students better than the administrators who were the Core’s architects and that the plan would unfairly restrict students’ academic options...
When milling around outside his Wigglesworth Hall entryway one spring afternoon in 1975, first-year Jay E. Golan ’78 caught a glimpse of the activity that would become central to his career...
...diner, which stays open until 4 a.m. on the weekends—is just one example. Another option is to financially support socially minded-students—the First Year Social Committee, with financial aid of the University, successfully planned a scavenger hunt, Red Sox game outing and the first-year formal. Regardless of the approach, administrators must genuinely commit themselves to improving students’ social experiences...
...first-year climbed a tree in the winter of 1953 and refused to come down until the Corporation made Eliot House Master John Finley the president of the University. Another student suggested Adlai Stevenson, the failed presidental candidate, would be the ideal replacement...