Word: internationale
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The Weissmans initially gave $5 million for the internship program. Paul Weissman served on the International Issues Planning Committee at that time, and says the group saw a need to provide non-academic international exposure to Harvard undergraduates.
The International Issues Committee found that most students on financial aid were not able to go abroad during the summers, because Harvard asked them to use part of their summer earnings for tuition and expenses.
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"When [Dean of the Faculty] Jeremy R. Knowles proposed the campaign, he had a line item in it about the international internship program," says Paul M. Weissman '52. "My wife and I saw this and said, this is what we want to fund, and we jumped on it."
A recent program information session that was designed to accommodate fewer than 100 students actually attracted well over 150, Pavese says. And a full-time OCS staffer was hired to replace a departing part-time employee to coordinate the Weissman program, among other duties in the international opportunities office.