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...search this spring to fill the position being vacated by outgoing 26-year Adams House Master Robert J. Kiely '60 and Co-Master Jana Kiely--like Lowell and Leverett Houses last year and Cabot and Pforzheimer Houses the year before--followed the same general procedure...
...influenced by many of the personalities involved--of the House, the students and tutors on the search committee, the candidates. Thus, while Lewis has composed a set of guidelines to direct the process each time a mastership becomes available, there are few hard and fast rules for evaluating master candidates. (P)Except for the fact that the candidates 'identities are kept a secret throughout the period of consideration, no two searches are the same...
...when a master does make public his or her intention to vacate their master's residence, it usually occurs in the fall--giving Lewis a window of a few months to begin composing an initial list of potentialcandidates...
According to Lowell House Senior Tutor EugeneC. McAfree, Lowell's master search last yearinvolved three students and three Faculty membersassociated with the House's senior common room(SCR). McAfree says he allowed the House's juniorcommon room to elect its three studentrepresentatives, while he was responsible forchoosing the SCR participants...
...once on the committee, many describe theprocess as egalitarian--even a bondingexperience--where all members work together despitewide age and power differentials, putting in longhours to find the best master for the House...