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When Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 retires June 30, he will end a career in which he advised hundreds of undergrads, oversaw the admission of thousands and spear-headed the renovation of the College dorms...
...unlike many of his colleagues, Jewett has continued to live on-campus throughout his career, giving him a perspective on College life that is unique among administrators...
...think [Jewett] is someone who it makes sense to call...`Mr. Harvard,'" says Vice President for Alumni Affairs and Development Fred L. Glimp, who served as Dean of the College in the mid and late sixties. "He has devoted his life to Harvard...
Glimp, then dean of admissions, first hired Lester Fred Jewett in 1964 to work as an assistant director in his office. From that time, Jewett says he has worked hard to ensure a need-blind admissions process and to increase diversity in the College community...
Last month, Jewett, 59, took the final step in his three-decade-long push to increase diversity on campus when he announced the complete randomization of the housing lottery, beginning with the class...