Word: petersons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Administration officials said the low rents have attracted many faculty and administrators to Harvard, particularly in recent years. Peterson said that one house, located at 65 Francis Ave., was used by the University as a "roosting spot" for new faculty members until they became familiar with Cambridge...
...Peterson lived in the house for one year, and John Munro, former dean of the College, occupied the house during his term. The home became a "roosting spot," Peterson said, after Fred L. Glimp '50, Munro's successor, decided not to live in Cambridge...
...Rainwater, professor of Sociology, rented the house for one year after Peterson moved out, and was followed by the present tenant, Daniel Bell. Bell has lived at 65 Francis Ave. for the last three years...
...Peterson said that the availability of housing close to the Harvard campus influenced his decision to come to the University. He said that the scale "may have been tipped toward inertia" had no house been available, and that he might have continued teaching in Utah...
...high price of real estate in Cambridge has hampered the recruiting efforts of some Harvard departments, administrators said, and neither Administration officials nor faculty members deny that Harvard uses the houses to recruit sought-after personnel. Peterson said that University-owned housing provides hiring flexibility in its search for faculty members...