Gunness Is Appointed Headmaster of B. & N.

Peter K. Gunness '57, Director of the Financial Aid Office of Harvard College, is leaving Harvard on July 1 to become Headmaster of Browne and Nichols, a private secondary school in Cambridge.

After working in the Admissions and Scholarship Office for several years, Gunness was appointed Director of the Financial Aid Office in 1966.

Gunness said yesterday that the most important changes during his administration of the office were an increase in Federal aid and more recruiting of disadvantaged students.

His successor has not yet been announced.