Word: owen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Owen's seven years as Winthrop's Master have capped more than two decades of administrative work at Harvard. His informal style and wry humor have changed the character of the House and given him a reputation as one of the most popular Masters in the House system's history...
...Owen got into the House business unexpectedly. In 1957, he had just returned from a year in England when he got a call from Dean Bundy asking him to take over as master of Winthrop...
...sounded like good fun," Owen reflected yesterday, "especially since I hadn't seen much of undergraduates here. But I hesitated for awhile. I had just finished the research for a book, and I wanted to write...
...Owen took the job, however, and relegated work on the book to summer vacations. (The final draft of English Philanthropy, 1660-1960 went to the printers last Thursday, four years behind schedule.) The rest of the academic year Owen devoted to Winthrop House...
...Owen's greatest complaint about the House system is the method of putting together each year's entering class. He has long criticized "the amount of time and effort put into selecting freshmen at the busiest season of the year," and recommended the adoption of "something like Yale's IBM system, though perhaps not quite as impersonal...