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Thomas M. Reardon took over as director of University development last week...
...Reardon, formerly director of communications for the development office, replaces Alfred M. Gibbens. Gibbens announced last month he was leaving Harvard to become vice president for development at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif...
Despite all this, Reardon exhorted the committee to seek the funds for a hoop facility that could be built in what is now a parking lot adjacent to Blodgett Pool. Mention of the 200-plus intramural basketball teams at the College, Business, and Law Schools was enough to drive home the point that Harvard's biggest athletic need for the '80s will be in the roundball sport...
...passed by Soldiers Field on the bus ride back to the Yard, Reardon told the sad tale of how the oldest concrete stadium in the country is in danger of being condemned. An architectural engineering study has revealed weaknesses in its support system, and funds will have to be raised to prevent its decay and demise. Reardon told the committee that "parts of Baker Field at Columbia have been condemned, and it's very embarrassing to a school (not to mention its athletic director) to have it happen...
...Reardon also discussed Harvard's future home-and-home football series against West Point, a rivalry he hoped would give the Athletic Department a sorely needed 'big gate.' He then dropped a surprising bombshell--Harvard and Boston College are currently negotiating to meet each other in what could be Bean-town's football version of Michigan-Michigan State...