400 Attend Dinner At Dudley House In Mayer's Honor

Over 400 affiliates of Dudley House gathered Friday night at a dinner held in honor of Betty and Jean Mayer, the House's co-masters who will leave in July when Mayer becomes president of Tufts University.

Dr. Preston K. Munter, the director of Law School Health Services and a Dudley House associate, set the tone for the evening when he expressed Dudley House's "sense of loss and feelings of ambivalence."

President Bok, the next speaker, referred to the "greater glories" that Mayer will enjoy as president of Tufts. He said, "What we try to make the most distinguished faculty in the world" will suffer a loss when Mayer leaves.

Dean Whitlock, the next speaker, credited Mayer with bringing "new energy, style and new ideas" to Dudley House. He commended Mayer's efforts to integrate graduate students into the House system.

"Dudley is not only the largest, but most diverse House. It has more summas, more Phi Beta Kappas, more minority students and more preppies than any other House," he said.

Betty Mayer spoke briefly, telling her audience--which overflowed Lehman Hall's dining room and balcony--that they were the "elite of the elite" and predicting that in a matter of years they will be "running the country."

Mayer, who spoke last, said, "Being the president of any institution is not a promotion from being master of Dudley House."

"No matter where we are, we will remain spiritually part of Dudley House," Mayer added.

At the end of the speeches Betty and Jean Mayer were both presented with plaque