Word: knowleses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Stewart has struggled against this dismissive mentality all semester, with a degree of success. Her administration has de-emphasized the consuming debates about political issues that have traditionally occupied much of the council's time. More important, the Stewart-led council has also achieved several of the quality-of-life...
But then financial aid officials and Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles reneged on this promise, committing themselves only to a summer-long review of aid policy.
A year ago last month, Dean of the FacultyJeremy R. Knowles sent a letter to male and femalealumni, raising concerns about the gender gap inthe University's capital campaign and providinginformation about the College's outreach to women.
The 1977 agreement stipulates that Harvard maynot solicit funds from alumnae who graduatedbefore 1976, and some saw Knowles' letter asspecifically targeting loyal pre-1976 'Cliffies,violating the 20-year-old policy.
A group of Radcliffe alumnae--including Ruth B.Helman '43, former president of the RadcliffeCollege Alumnae Association (RCAA), and Amey A.DeFriez '49, former chair of the Radcliffe Boardof Trustees--wrote a letter of protest to Knowles,urging him to "reconsider this divisive strategy."