Word: jewett
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...last month's meetings of the Third World Students' Alliance with Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence and Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57, minority student representatives voiced their concerns over the continuing lack of minority presence both in the faculty and in the administration. With the recent round of musical chairs in the administration, minority student groups are watching closely to see how the College goes about filling two currently vacant administrative posts: dean of admissions and director of the Bureau of Study Counsel...
During the meeting with Dean Spence, students raised the fact that the committee organized in August to find a successor for then-admissions dean Jewett fails to include a single minority faculty member--an oversight which Spence acknowledged. One of the seven search committee members is Professor of Government James Q. Wilson, whose latest book, Crime and Human Nature, has met with heated criticisms labeling it "racist" for its rejection of affirmative action policy...
...Harvard resembled room, on the other hand, resembled a bigwig bash. Among the guests were President Derek C. Bok (who gave a postgame speech), Vice President Daniel Steiner '54, Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57, and former football Captain Steve Abbott...
...Some houses get ocassional grants from alumni to help improve the house. For example, Leverett redecorated its house grill last year with an anonymous alumni contribution of $1000. But the College attempts to make up for those alumni extras in allocating masters' budgets, Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 said. Nevertheless, the balancing is still an imprecise thing...
Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 agrees. "I would move very slowly in trying to move in. Unless there is pretty strong evidence that that is needed to be done. It is difficult to prohibit legitimate fundraising activities," Jewett says...