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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Iranian crisis also hit home this week to friends of Elizabeth A. Swift '62, who confirmed that Iranian students are holding her among the 50 hostages at the U.S. embassy in Tehran...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: The Iranian Crisis Hits Home in Cambridge | 12/1/1979 | See Source »

...acknowledge some are held because of their office," he added, but refused to discuss her official position. The Swift family refused to comment...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: Iranian Students Hold Alumna Hostage; U. S. Confirms Her Status at Embassy | 11/28/1979 | See Source »

...Swift attended The Madeira School in Greenway, Va. and came to Radcliffe as a transfer student from Stanford. The former Cabot Hall resident and history concentrator joined the Young Democrats of Harvard-Radcliffe, although friends recall "no alignment" with any particular political stand...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: Iranian Students Hold Alumna Hostage; U. S. Confirms Her Status at Embassy | 11/28/1979 | See Source »

...Most of Swift's friends contacted described Swift, a Washington, D.C. native, as "highly competent", "very able" and "considerate...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: Iranian Students Hold Alumna Hostage; U. S. Confirms Her Status at Embassy | 11/28/1979 | See Source »

...close friend said that, although Swift speaks only elementary Farsi, the official language of Iran, "she is a remarkable person and that may have been a factor" in the militants' decision to keep her hostage...

Author: By Brenda A. Russell, | Title: Iranian Students Hold Alumna Hostage; U. S. Confirms Her Status at Embassy | 11/28/1979 | See Source »

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