Word: petersons
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Opposition to more women, ostensibly based on the financial reality of the current status of women, is often expressed in more subtle terms, but the opposition comes from some very high places in both the current administration and faculty of Harvard. Dr. Chase N. Peterson '52, whose role as vice president for alumni affairs and development supposedly puts him in an excellent position to weigh the merits of the financial argument, appears to be one of the strongest proponents of the theory that women are less prolific donors. Peterson takes his warning to see large alumni donors, other administrators...
Thirty years ago, the question of whether women could support the University at the same levels as their male counterparts was a viable one. But, despite the persistence of views similar to those of Peterson and von Stade, it appears that very few of the alumni--who are supposed to turn off the spigots and watch Harvard dry up if there is a change in admissions policy that puts women in a more equal light--place much stock in these antiquated arguments...
...more democratic appeal that women's colleges fund drives traditionally have is particularly important in light of recent financial trends. Harvard and universities throughout the country are beginning to learn a lesson in contemporary fund raising from Radcliffe and other women's colleges. Peterson, George Putnam '49, Harvard treasurer, and almost anyone else who knows the current money situation at Harvard, say that the University is going to have to concentrate on a much more universal and balanced fund raising effort in coming years if it intends to keep up current donation rates...
...Peterson and others in the Bok administration appear to be overly concerned with the possible effects a change in the male-female admissions ratios could have upon alumni contributions. Having taken office in a time when alumni were generally upset with both the students and the administration, the new generation of administrators do not seem to understand several fundamental principles of alumni relations: that alumni see the key to Harvard's greatness as its ability to change and adapt with progress, that they usually defer to those in power, and that their faithfulness to an institution and an ideal cannot...
Radford Rigsby, a fixed income analyst at Standish, Ayer and Wood Inc., is scheduled to join the management company next month as a fixed income associate for partner Nils P. Peterson...