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...program proposed by Rev. Peter Gomes of the Memorial Church and modeled on the Mellon Fellowships suggests an effective way to attract Black Ph.D. candidates to Harvard for a two-year program that would allow for a period of "on-site mutual inspection." Under this program, 25 or 30 Blacks each year would be offered a two-year fellowship between teaching, research and other on-campus involvement--at the DuBois Institute, as residential tutors in the houses, and in other areas. At the end of two years of mutual evaluation, the most promising candidates would be offered junior faculty appointments...
Three foundations, the Mellon, Olin and Bradley, donated the funds, which were given in the form of matching gifts and multi-year grants...
...grants come primarily from the Mellon Foundation, which will donate $500,000 to the center on the condition that it raise contributions in the next three years twice the grant's value. The center has already raised $200,000 toward that end, Goldman said...
...money from the Mellon grant will fund an endowment that is expected to generate $30,000 a year for the center, Goldman said. The foundation has given two previous grants to the center...
Since the death of Mellon Professor K. Onwuka Dike more than five years ago, Harvard has lacked a tenured professor of African studies. Associate Professor of History H. Leroy Vail is the University's only remaining expert on Africa...