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Purcell announced on Tuesday that he would be stepping down from his job at the IOP to dedicate himself more fully to advising University Executive Vice President Katharine N. Lapp on development in Allston and to further his involvement on the Allston Work Team.
“I really know nothing about Purcell’s new position other than what I read on a blog post by some guy in Tennessee,” Allston resident Harry Mattison said. “We know very little about Purcell. The whole thing continues to...
As a young man growing up in Philadelphia, Purcell said he saw first hand the effects of a contentious university expansion on the community. In the 1950s, Purcell witnessed the University of Pennsylvania’s ill-fated development in its surrounding neighborhoods.
“It was one of those things that if you were a young man you knew that it seemed that the relationship was a difficult one,” Purcell said.
Meanwhile, Purcell leaves behind a positive legacy at the IOP, where former president Mary K.B. Cox ’10 said Purcell will be remembered as someone who expanded career counseling for students interested in public service careers.