Word: jewett
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Fred Jewett '57, dean of admissions and financial aid, who lived in the Yard from 1958 to 1976, points out that in the '50s and early '60s graduate schools and professional schools were an "easy assumption" for Harvard undergrads. By 1975 the choice was a more conscious one, and downturns in the economy placed a further question mark beside any career plans. Jewett recalls that not only freshmen, but even high school applicants asked frequently about the road to professional school--students were "more conservative, less adventurous, and less willing to do something that could put them...
More than 300 persons, including President Bok, Athletic Director Jack Reardon and Dean of Admissions Fred Jewett gathered to honor the '78-'79 basketball team and listen to guest speaker Al McGuire, former Marquette coaching great and current NBC sports commentator, as well as the Honorable Hamilton Fish, Sr. '10, former Harvard football All-American and basketball player...
...Fred Jewett '57, dean of admissions, said the high degree of minority interest this year was "unusual and gratifying...
...Students from disadvantaged backgrounds tend to apply late in the year," Jewett added...
...Jewett said the early admissions applicants are generally a "very strong group" and tend to include a higher proportion of alumni children and students from metropolitan and suburban areas than does the admitted group as a whole...