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...John U. Monro ’34, a white educator who led Harvard’s early efforts to recruit minorities and later quit his job as dean of the College to work at an underprivileged black school in the south, died Mar. 29 in LaVerne, California...
...Monro, who arrived at Harvard in 1950 as a College administrator, worked to reform Harvard’s financial aid program and recruit minorities. He became dean of the college in 1958, a post he held for nine years...
Former Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III, whom Monro appointed as the College’s first black assistant dean, said Monro’s interest in education issues went beyond just the day-to-day details of administration...
...Civil Rights era did not completely ignore the problem of race, and the University can boast pioneering deans of admissions John U. Monro '34 and Wilbur J. Bender '27, who recognized the importance of extending opportunity...
Easing into a chair in her corner office in the Monro Room at Phillips Brooks House (PBH), Kidd said she will spend her first month on the job familiarizing herself with the programs run by PBH and the Office of Public Service, both of which she is charged with overseeing...