This year’s Miller-Hunn Awards—named for Hiram S. Hunn, A.B. 1921, and retired senior admissions officer Dwight D. Miller, Ed.M. ’71—recognize nine alumni for their volunteer efforts to recruit and interview prospective undergraduates.
Jane Sujen Bock ’81, of New York City, became an undergraduate minority recruiter in 1978 and supported the Coalition for a Diverse Harvard’s fight for race-conscious holistic admissions during the Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard litigation.
Robert C. Brooks ’87, of Portland, Maine, began interviewing students from southern and coastal Maine in 1991 and has chaired the schools and scholarships committee for the area since 1996. Brooks also currently serves as the vice president of the Harvard Club in Maine.
Ted Cadwell ’87, of Edina, Minnesota, gave countless hours to the Harvard Club of Minnesota, often performing more than a dozen applicant interviews yearly. Many of his interviewees were accepted to the College, and oftentimes he fostered ties with them that far outlasted their undergraduate years. (He is being honored in memoriam; his obituary appeared in the March-April issue of this magazine.)
Joseph Campbell, M.P.P. ’78, of Ridgewood, New Jersey, has served for many years interviewing candidates from Germany and northern New Jersey. He stayed in touch with many applicants after they became Harvard students, helping them make their way in Cambridge.
Ron Clarke ’77, of Plymouth, Massachusetts, has interviewed candidates since 1979, primarily from Greater Boston. He has attended high school college fairs, met with guidance departments, and served as chair and co-chair of related committees within his districts.
Kirsten Conrad (JK Griffiths) ’83, of Singapore, has been interviewing candidates since 1989, first in Connecticut and then in Hong Kong, and has served as co-chair of the alumni interviewing committee of Singapore since 2012.
Clinton Marrs ’79, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, began interviewing applicants from New Mexico in 1990 and has chaired the schools and scholarships committee for the state since 1992. He has interviewed hundreds of applicants, including international students attending the New Mexico campus of the United World Colleges.
Jeannie Park ’83, of New York City, has interviewed and recruited candidates for Harvard College, but her primary admissions work has been through the organization she co-founded in 2016, the Coalition for a Diverse Harvard, an alumni- and student-supported organization promoting race-conscious admissions policies.
John E. Van Wye ’81, of Asheville, North Carolina, began interviewing in Palo Alto, California, in 1982 while attending medical school at Stanford University, and has served as chair and co-chair of the schools and scholarships committee for western North Carolina for 25 years.
