Word: petersons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There are a couple of other important people at Harvard, but for the most part they are either ahead or behind you. Fred Jewett, dean of admissions, has already exhausted his say on your stay at Harvard, and Dr. Chase N. Peterson '52, vice president for alumni affairs and development and Harvard's top fundraiser, leave you alone until you graduate...
...Chase N. Peterson '52, vice president for alumni affairs and development, went on local talk show a few years back when he was Harvard's dean of admissions. He talked about Harvard and truckdrivers. "Truckdriving is still an honorable and well-paid profession," Peterson said. "All youngsters are not equipped to go to college... all of them have different aptitudes and attitudes." Harvard fit into things thusly: "Harvard stands for excellence and high standards and there is nothing wrong with that." The Boston Globe called Peterson "outspoken" for all that, which is true in that a lot, maybe most...
...told him it would be awfully nice if he could come back." Peterson said...
...think he will fundraise for us on occasion," Peterson said. He said the last four presidents of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have become full time fundraisers for the school after their retirement...
Pusey apparently made the decision to return on his own; both Peterson and William Bentinck-Smith '37, Pusey's former assistant here, said yesterday they had heard nothing about...