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What left Watson holding the bag was a series of bizarre political twists. After Watson announced his retirement last fall, the University's search committee interviewed over 100 applicants for the post and apparently settled on Robert Peck, athletic director and chairman of the Physical Education Department at Williams College...
That's when the fun started. Forty student athletes worked through the press, releasing a letter endorsing either Pittenger or John P. Reardon '60, associate dean of admissions and coordinator for the program of athletic facilities, for the job. A group of alumni were a bit more direct, expressing their...
Robert B. Watson '37, director of athletics whose impending retirement has sparked a controversy over the selection of his successor, announced Wednesday that he will remain at Harvard for another semester to allow the University more time to choose a new athletic director.
"The University has generally responded to specific needs--and that's different than adapting all buildings," Wyatt said, adding that Harvard began making improvements before learning of the impending regulations.
THE RECENT FIASCO surrounding the appointment of Harvard's next athletic director illustrates all too well the University's discouraging failure to base its decisions on the interests of the entire Harvard community. An unforgivable lack of communication between students and administration, coupled with the disturbing influence of a number...