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This effort was also driven by half a century of work by the Admissions Office to identify, recruit, and admit talented students of all backgrounds. Among the first National Scholars was Fred L. Glimp ’50, a proud Idaho native, whose visionary leadership as Dean of Admissions from 1960-1967 provided considerable momentum for this work. Chase N. Peterson ’52 from the state of Utah served as dean from 1967-1972 and led minority recruitment to new heights. And L. Fred Jewett ’57 from Taunton, Mass. ushered in the current era, urging...
...never turned Harvard’s invitation down, but his government refused to let him out of the country,” said Fred L. Glimp ’50, vice president for alumni affairs and development at the time and a member of the committee that referred the speakers...
...very exciting stuff, though we didn’t finally do it,” Glimp said of Walesa’s intended visit. “The issue was whether we should go ahead and do [the speech] anyway in absentia, which we had never done...
...foundation also announced that Glimp Professor of Economics Edward L. Glaeser will serve on the advisory panel to the foundation’s U.S. Program. Gates, who dropped out of the College in 1975, was last year’s Commencement speaker. He and Summers sat next to each other on the steps of Memorial Church during the ceremony as they waited to receive honorary degrees from the University...
...letter earlier this month outlining a plan for faculty growth and renewal, calling for most of the net growth over the next three years to take place in sciences and engineering. “The direction is surely wise and appropriate,” said Edward L. Glaeser, the Glimp professor of economics. “Amazing things have been happening in the sciences in the last 15 years and it is absolutely critical that Harvard be in the forefront of scientific learning.” The chair of organismic and evolutionary biology, Andrew A. Biewener, echoed Knowles?...