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...social progressiveness was balanced by his seriousness as an administrator, earning him among students the reputation of a disciplinarian. But as he dealt with a flurry of campus controversies—from changes in parietals to a professor’s alleged LSD experiments—Monro strengthened ties between faculty and undergraduates...
...director of financial aid, Monro laid the groundwork for the Student Employment Office and founded Harvard Student Agencies to help needy students pay tuition fees. Later he argued for a freshman seminar program...
...dean Monro held informal meetings with students and in the ’60s helped found the Southern Courier, a paper written by Crimson editors focusing on civil rights issues in the south...
...Monro had written for The Crimson as an undergraduate and in his senior year led a revolt against the paper and founded the socially minded Harvard Journal...
...Monro earned a Bronze Star while serving in the Navy during World War II. While on the U.S.S. Enterprise in 1948, he was given the task of integrating the black and white sailors on board, following the orders of President Truman...