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This year will be a milestone in the history of Harvard College. On July 1, the College loses one of its most influential and longest-standing figures: Dean of the college L. Fred Jewett '57 will serve his last day as our dean. In his 31 year tenure at the College, Jewett worked tirelessly to craft the policies that have shaped and sustained the type of community that Harvard College is today. It is largely to him the students and staff today owe their gratitude. We will miss you, Dean Jewett...
Lester Fred Jewett graduated from the College in 1957 magna cum laude in government. He was admitted to the Harvard Business School, where he graduate with an MBA in 1960. In 1964, Jewett was hired by then-Dean of Admissions Fred L. Glimp '50 as an assistant director, and has since devoted his life to the College. Indeed, over the past three decades, Jewett's life and the course of the College have proceeded intertwined, each complementing and energizing the other...
...Dean of Admission, Jewett implemented a need-blind admissions policy. In the 1960s and '70s, when states began to pour money into low-interest loans and grants, Jewett helped make Harvard one of the first colleges to admit applicants completely without regard to financial need. Even in today's environment, when more and more universities are cutting back on educational funding, Harvard remains firmly committed to need-blind admissions...
Johnson said he could not recall another Harvard murder during his tenure. Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 and Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III added that they couldn't remember a College-related murder in the 1980s...
President Neil L. Rudenstine, Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III, Dunster House Master Karel F. Liem and Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57 also attended the meeting...