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Needed: Jolly Good Fellows
With the announcement this February that Henry Rosovsky '53, Ph.D. '59, and Richard A. Smith '46 would retire from the Harvard Corporation in June 1997, a search has begun for two new members of the seven-person President and Fellows of Harvard College (as the University's ex-ecutive governing board is formally known). Rosovsky, the Geyser University Professor, has served on the Corporation since 1985; an economist, he was dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences from 1973 to 1984 and acting dean between 1990 and 1991. Smith is chairman of the board of Harcourt General Inc.

Rosovsky's departure will leave the Corporation short of members with academic experience, so the search committee-which aims to identify one successor by this September-will focus first on candidates with that background, according to President Neil L. Rudenstine. Among other qualities sought, Rudenstine added, are "intelligence, open-mindedness, perspicacity, a wide breadth of experience and knowledge, common sense, and good judgment." Oh, yes, and a Harvard degree.

The search committee is chaired by Robert G. Stone Jr. '45, senior fellow of the Corporation, and includes Harvard treasurer D. Ronald Daniel, M.B.A. '54; Overseers Charlotte P. Armstrong '49, LL.B. '53, and David Johnston '63; and Rudenstine. Nominations may be forwarded to Michael Roberts, Secretary to the Corporation, Loeb House, 17 Quincy St., Cambridge, Mass. 02138.

Changing Faces in Finance
Allen J. Proctor '74, vice president for finance since October 1994, announced in March that he would resign on April 8. In an official statement, he noted, "I have increasingly come to realize that my own background and experience, and my basic approach to financial management, are less ideally suited to the organizational structure of a university such as Harvard than they are to other environments." In subsequent interviews, he cited his frustration with the University's highly decentralized admini- stration. President Rudenstine noted Proctor's role in improving Harvard's financial analysis and systems, and said that he had "advanced our efforts to control costs, to take a hard look at our budgets, and to plan responsibly for the future." (Proctor discussed Harvard's finances in "Fiscal Affairs," March-April, page 75.)

University provost Albert Carnesale will lead the search for a successor.

For Commencement, A Scientific Speaker
The guest speaker at the Harvard Alumni Association's annual meeting on the afternoon of Commencement Day, Thursday, June 6, will be microbiologist Harold E. Varmus, A.M. '62. A virologist and cancer specialist, Varmus was cowinner of the 1989 Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology, and has served as director of the National Institutes of Health since 1993.

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