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In an earlier statement, Pusey had said, "In accepting this new responsibility I hope that I can make a personal contribution to the enhancement of new ventures in education, in the arts and humanities, and in other areas of special interest."
"In this time of particular difficulty for most educational and philanthropic institutions, it is of critical importance to encourage quality and innovation with promise of enduring value for mankind."
Before becoming Harvard's President more than 17 years ago, Pusey served for nine years as president of Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisc. His successor at Harvard will not be announced until Jan. 4 at the earliest.
As president of the Mellon Foundation, Pusey will succeed Charles S. Hamilton, a former lawyer who is retiring from the post. Although Pusey's appointment has not been officially voted by the foundation, a spokesman said last night that the
?????????????????????????????????? wealthy industrialist who later became Secretary of the Treasury and U.S. Ambassador to Britain-awards grants in education, the arts, medicine, and other fields. It was created in 1968 by the merger of two older foundations-Avalon and Old Dominion-each of which had been endowed by one of Andrew...