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...Richard maneuvered through another political minefield when President George W. Bush’s daughter Barbara was accepted to Yale...
Richard’s daughter Charlotte was admitted to the same class, so Richard asked her daughter to live with Bush to help her with the transition...
...Richard was also appointed to serve on the ad hoc committee that advised Radcliffe Dean Drew G. Faust and former President Neil L. Rudenstine on the formation of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study—a committee which, according to Faust, provided “a compass to steer by” for the institute...
Unable to attend meetings, Richard did not serve on the committee...
While provost, Richard insisted on continuing her research. She set aside a month every year to travel to Madagascar, often accompanied by her husband, whose research shifted so they could work in the same region. When the Peabody Museum at Yale was rebuilt, Richard had an office and lab installed for her use. She was a frequent attendee at what was known as the “brown beer”—a weekly gathering of biological anthropologists...