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Nearly five decades ago, when one of her teachers called her to the front of her Atlanta public-school classroom, Evelynn M. Hammonds??the first black woman to serve as Dean of Harvard College—thought she would be recognized for an ‘A’ she had recently earned on a test...
...Instead, the teacher mockingly repudiated Hammonds?? work...
...according to outgoing Associate Dean of Student Life and Activities Judith H. Kidd, who reflected on the anecdote of Hammonds?? youth that she once heard from the Dean herself, “Evelynn just decided to show him,” going on to excel in school despite stifling circumstances...
...Hammonds?? first year in office draws to a close, students and House officials say they still do not know who this intensely private leader is and feel she is disconnected from the undergraduate experience and unresponsive to their concerns...
...create formal programming for next year’s inaugural “January Term” and a reluctance to divulge the contents of the Administrative Board Report—which proposed reforms to the College’s main disciplinary body—students have criticized the Hammonds?? administration specifically for a “lack of transparency,” says Christopher A. Johnson-Roberson...