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When questioned about Harvard's provisions for married students. Whitlock said that the University maintains dormitory space for married students in the Irving Street Apartments in Cambridge and the Shattuck International House in Boston and voluntarily pays full taxes on both buildings. He also observed that "most Boston colleges do not pay taxes on their facilities for housing married students...
...Shattuck is not one who wears his heart on his sleeve nor is he one who craves recognition for the countless personal and material acts of helpfulness he has performed in behalf of his University--as well as for his city and for our Commonwealth. But those who know him know how warm is his heart, how generous his instincts, and how sound his common sense," Pusey said, speaking at the International House...
...Shattuck, who received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University in 1952, graduated from the Law School in 1904, after which he entered law and politics. Treasurer of the University from 1929 to 1938, Shattuck continued as a Fellow of the Harvard Corporation until 1952. From 1944 to 1955 he served as a Senior Fellow of the Society of Fellows, which provides research opportunities for younger scholars...
...Shattuck contributed major funds to establish the International House. Also, the Rockefeller Foundation has made a grant of $75,000 to be matched by private gifts, to provide a recreational and cultural center in the International House...
...Shattuck, who has made several major contributions to the School of Public Health through the years, wrote the report forecasting the organization of the new Health Services, and made generous gifts to the Health Center and the Infirmary Building...