Word: heimert
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Heimert's retirement will mark turning points for both Eliot House, which has only had three masters in its entire history, and the College, for which Heimert is the last house master with a life-time appointment...
...Heimert's unexpected decision came in a letter addressed to outgoing President Derek C. Bok. It was distributed to each resident of Eliot House last weekend...
...Many, indeed nearly all, our lasting friendships have been formed through Eliot House," Heimert wrote in the letter, speaking of his wife, Associate Master Arlene G. Heimert '59, and himself. "We have been delighted that so many alumni and alumnae have looked on the house as a place where they always remained welcome...
...such joys cannot, I realize, be prolonged forever," Heimert wrote...
Since his appointment as Eliot Master in 1968, colleagues say, Heimert has worked to maintain University and scholarly traditions. He contributes to Eliot's 21-year-old "An Evening of Champions" benefit that donates proceeds to cancer research. He teaches a house seminar on Abraham Lincoln. And in the past few years, he has been a leading opponent of house randomization--a plan that many other masters have called crucial to ensuring undergraduate diversity...