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...figured that with a $1 million endowment and Harvard's investment clout, that's how much it would be," says William H. Gump '85-86, a Quincy House resident who directs Harvard's Public Service Program (PSP). Funded entirely by the university, the four-year old agency is an umbrella organization that primarily links Cambridge youths with undergraduates...
...Brien says that no one in the administration had approached him with the idea of investing the endowment money in ways which would have earned more money for programs that, in the words of Gump, are constantly "scrambling for funds...
...Unfortunately, the bulk of our grant has gone to salary," Gump says. "It's a shame it has to be that way, but you need someone at a paid position to coordinate programs, and no department has picked us up into their budget...
...fund itself is a great idea," he says. "By and large, it can solve so many public service and community needs. But there are still a few kinks in it." One of the fund's quirks, Gump says, is that almost half of all the money from this year's endowment went toward salaries for himself and his assistant in University Hall...
...long run," the dean of students says, "the money should go to support direct service programs." But while he says that Gump's salary should not have to come out of this fund, the committee will cover the personnel costs of PSP next year. Epps says there is "a possibility" that the the committee may not do so in the future...