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...wife, Deborah, arrived at Quincy House last fall as Acting Masters, there wasn’t much in the way of House spirit awaiting them. But within months, the Gehrkes had done more for House community than Quincy’s official Masters, Clowes Professor of Science Robert P. Kirshner ’70 and Jayne Loader, had managed in years...
Whether out of apathy or indifference, busyness or nonchalance, Kirshner and Loader, who were on sabbatical this year, have always given a distinct impression of caring little for Quincy’s students and staff. Master-student interactions were mostly limited to monthly open houses, to which students were invited but never quite welcomed, and semi-annual formals...
...believe that Interim Quincy House Masters Lee and Deborah J. Gehrke have done a superb job this year and I am quite pleased to spend my last year at Harvard with them. But I must say that it does a great injustice to Quincy House Masters Robert P. Kirshner ’70 and Jayne Loader—who are on sabatical this year—to selectively contrast very specific qualities of theirs with those of the Gehrkes, and quite frankly, I believe it is rather puerile—ignoring many great contributions of Kirshner and Loader. Such injudicious...
...distinctive personality and, more broadly, determines whether the House succeeds or fails. Residents of Quincy House witnessed the community-building power of House masters this year, as interim house masters Helmholtz Professor of Health Sciences Lee and Deborah J. Gehrke filled in for Clowes Professor of Science Robert P. Kirshner ’70 and Jayne Loader. During their term, the Gehrkes made a continual, ongoing effort to actively participate in House life, dining regularly in Quincy’s dining hall, attending sports events and performances of Quincy residents, and hosting frequent events in their residence...
...general sentiment among many Quincy House residents is that the Gehrkes, who have overseen a dramatically positive transformation in house life, should be allowed to stay on as House masters. Kirshner and Loader, however, plan on returning in the fall. Judging from the apparent wide disparity between the two sets of masters’ performance, we support the Quincy residents’ sentiments...