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Using that model, O'Neill established community committees to compromise on the height of the parking garage next to the Kennedy School, and convinced the University to back off a proposed bridge between the Fogg and Sackler Art Museums...
...When O'Neill wants something done, she has no qualms about doing it herself, even if it involves a lot of garbage. One day, to prove a point about making the Square cleaner, she rolled up her sleeves and joined a group of inner city kids picking up trash, one Cambridge resident recalls...
...most valuable player when it comes to Harvard relations," says John Shattuck, vice president for government and community affairs. Shattuck and several community activists attributed to O'Neill a deal in which Harvard and a community committee banded together against a private developer and succeeded in dramatically changing the plans for the condominium development across from the post office on Mt. Auburn...
Local politicians grant that O'Neill may be an important asset for Harvard, in that she helps the University understand the needs of the community, but they do not acknowledge her influence helping the community understand Harvard. "The University's quiver isn't filled with arrows of community achievement, but Jackie has been careful to involve people--she has managed to have an impact on Harvard," says City Councilor Francis H. Duehay...
Another O'Neill in Politics...