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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."
As with Knowles' April 1997 letter, theUniversity made women a special target group ofits campaign drive, stipulating that allsubstantial donations by women will be doubled bya fund created to encourage female philanthropy.
However, Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles insists that although it may seem more difficult to define "the best" in a certain field, the tenure process is uniform through and through.