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This week’s appointment of Professor of the History of Science and of African and African American Studies Evelynn M. Hammonds as Dean of Harvard College was greeted mostly with disinterest; students tend to ignore the vicissitudes of administrative hiring.
“Who…is Evelyn Hammonds?” the provocative e-mail began, “I’ve never seen her even mentioned in connection with undergraduate affairs, and it seems…crazy that they passed over people like [Harvard College Professor] Jay...
In the days before Evelynn M. Hammonds became the first female dean of the College, the man charged with appointing her gave up guessing when his decision would come.
The search for a new dean of Harvard College reached its end Tuesday with the selection of Evelynn M. Hammonds, currently the senior vice provost for faculty development and diversity. This appointment should come as good news to the College community, both because of Hammonds’s proven record...
But Smith said yesterday that the search’s duration was simply the result of normal deliberation and that Hammonds, who he said was the first person he had asked to take the deanship, was quick to accept the position.