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In many ways, the five Fellows and the Treasurer of Harvard College, who--along with the President--make up the governing Corporation, are very much the same type. They are all middle-aged, white, male and well-off, and each is considered a success in his own area.
From Harvard, Mockler went to Business School, where he later served as a research associate and doctoral fellow from 1955 to 1957. And in 1957, he joined Boston-based Gillette as a comptroller staff assistant for insurance matters--beginning a long climb which culminated in a heady nine-year whoosh...
"He truly has an unusual brilliance, an ability to see solutions in business terms," says Milton L. Glass, who now holds Mockler's old post as Gillette treasurer.
Much like Mockler, George Putnam Jr. '49, who as Treasurer also holds the title and responsibilities of a Fellow, is a successful Boston businessman. Very much a Brahmin, Putnam oversees the huge Putnam Family of Funds, a group of 19 different mutual funds.
In addition to managing the Putnam Funds and holding the office of Treasurer since 1974--he will step down at the end of the month and a new Treasurer is expected to be named as early as this week--Putnam has also managed to find time to serve on the...