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"I found that I was not able to achieve certain personal goals that I had hoped to achieve in moving here," Roberts wrote in an e-mail message. "I came to realize that I had badly underestimated the stress of traveling back and forth to New York when family obligations...
Roberts' resignation came as a surprise to University officials, who said they hoped she would stay longer.
Roberts assumed her post after a nine-month search, in August 1998.
Roberts' resignation came at a particularly difficult time for the University. The contract of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW), the University's largest union, expires on June 30, 2001, and negotiations are set to begin within the next few months.
Bill Jaeger, director of HUCTW, called Roberts' announcement "a bit of a surprise."