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...study at the Divinity School. After graduating, he applied for a job in the employment office but was turned down when an officer told him that white students wouldn’t take advice from a black man. Epps recounted the incident to the sympathetic John U. Monro ’34-’35, dean of the College at the time, and accepted a position as assistant dean. Epps later rose to become dean of students himself and over the next 30 years would earn the gratitude of white and black students alike for his advice...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: The Loss of the Students' Dean | 9/8/2003 | See Source »

...once during those years. When Gomes addressed him as "Dean Monro," though, the former Harvard administrator corrected him-he was now just director of freshman studies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former Dean Remembered at Mem. Church Ceremony | 10/7/2002 | See Source »

Gomes, who was a student at Harvard Divinity School at the time Monro left, said the surprising departure influenced his own life decisions. When he heard that the College dean had left for "deepest, darkest Alabama," Gomes said, he decided to head to Alabama himself, where he spent two years teaching before returning to Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former Dean Remembered at Mem. Church Ceremony | 10/7/2002 | See Source »

After the service, Jane W. Sapp, who taught at Miles with her husband Hubert Sapp, said the day's tributes had revived memories of the years she worked alongside Monro...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former Dean Remembered at Mem. Church Ceremony | 10/7/2002 | See Source »

...know, a lot of this stuff makes it sound like John Monro was a saint, like he was bigger than life," she said. "But he really was. For all the people who knew him, every word expressed today was true. He was an example of the best of humanity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Former Dean Remembered at Mem. Church Ceremony | 10/7/2002 | See Source »

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