FDO Is Not Creating a ‘Fun Director’

To the editors:



While I was happy to see coverage of the new Director for Freshman Programming position (news, Mar. 6), I was dismayed by the article’s reference to the Dean’s Office creating a ‘Fun’ Director. A small part of the job will be to “serve as the primary liaison with the First-Year Social Committee to develop, plan and promote first-year events and activities.” The major responsibilities will center on Freshman Dean’s Office publications, pre-orientation programs, Opening Days, residential education, and creating more opportunities for student-faculty interaction. The last task should indeed provide “fun,” but your title and later mention of “Camp Harvard” suggest a kind of pandering that no one intends.



THOMAS A. DINGMAN ’67

Cambridge, Mass.

March 7, 2007



The writer is the Dean of Freshmen at Harvard College.