Year: 2002

Seventy-six years ago today (Aug. 22, 1926), Charles William Eliot, Harvards longest-serving president, died at his summer home in Maine at the age of 92.

World-class ice show to benefit Jimmy Fund

Francine Benes receives national award

Even before the World Trade Center towers fell, respected news sources and e-mail chain letters alike decried the state of education for girls under Afghanistans Taliban regime. For some, the news forged a link: Islam equals no education for women and girls.

Russell Mills, who was fired as publisher of the Ottawa Citizen following publication of a story critical of Prime Minister Jean Chr&eacutetien and an editorial calling for his resignation, has been awarded a Nieman Fellowship.

Arthur Lee Loeb, a senior lecturer and honorary associate in the Department of Visual and Environmental studies, died July 19 at Brigham and Womens Hospital. He was 79.

On the last afternoon in July, on the steps of the Memorial Church, Harvard Band director Thomas Everett led a rebellion of sorts.

In 25 years as a locksmith with Harvards Facilities Maintenance Operations, Dan Hilly has seen it all.

Richard M. Hunt, a Harvard faculty member for 42 years and its University marshal since 1982, has announced that he will retire Aug. 30. He also will retire from his position as Senior Lecturer on Social Studies.

Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the weeks beginning July 14 and ending Aug. 17. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.

Elizabeth Beppie Huidekoper, Harvards vice president for finance since 1996, has accepted the position of executive vice president for finance and administration at Brown University. She will begin her new duties at Brown on Oct. 15.

During the month of August:

A memorial service for Stephen Jay Gould, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology, will be held on Sept. 26 at 3 p.m. in Sanders Theatre. All members of the Harvard Community are invited to attend. Gould died on May 20 at the age of 60.

Following a nationwide search that began last fall, President Lawrence H. Summers announced on Aug. 12 that he has appointed William A. Graham, Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and professor of the history of religion, as the next dean of the Harvard Divinity School, effective immediately. Graham has served as acting dean…

Rob Odilon, who is working this summer at the Fogg Museum, scorns temperatures in the upper 90s as he scales the Harvard Stadium steps during the recent heat wave. Odilon plays football for Dean College in Franklin.

University Marshal Richard M. Hunt to retire

Elizabeth Huidekoper, Harvard’s Vice President for Finance, to become Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration at Brown University

James C. Thomson, former Nieman Foundation curator, East-Asia historian and key figure in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, died Sunday, Aug. 11, 2002, at Newton-Wellesley Hospital of cardiac arrest after a brief illness. He was 70.

Following a nationwide search that began last fall, President Lawrence H. Summers announced today that he has appointed William A. Graham, Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Professor of the History of Religion, as the next dean of the Harvard Divinity School, effective immediately.

Following a nationwide search, President Lawrence H. Summers announced today that he has appointed William A. Graham, Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Professor of the History of Religion, as the next dean of the Harvard Divinity School, effective immediately. Graham has served as Acting Dean of the School since January 2002.

Forty years after their forerunners took to the lunch counters and streets of the American South, 21 young activists are putting their own spin on civil rights: by dancing, teaching, praying, and learning. The future leaders are honing their advocacy and activism skills at the second annual Civil Rights Summer (CRS), a fellowship program sponsored…