Word: lewises
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Avery recalls applying for a job in admissions in 1989 while also wanting to attend the Graduate School of Education. Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid William R. Fitsimmons '67 and Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis '70 solved the dilemma by encouraging her to do both.
By Lewis' reckoning, about half of the professional staff in Byerly Hall are Harvard grads. And they go on to be successful not just in administrative work, but in a wide variety of fields.
But the jobs aren't easy to get, Lewis says, comparing the odds of being selected for employment with those for admission to the college. Lewis says they will receive as many as 100 plausible applications for a posted position.
McGrath Lewis says this loyalty is only typical for Harvard's most prolific proving ground for administrators.
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