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Diversity of Portraits

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Dr. Chester M. Pierce '48, was a professor of psychiatry at HMS and the Harvard School of Education. He was the first African-American to be elected class marshall. His portrait hangs in Lowell JCR. Eileen J. Southern, whose portrait hangs in the Adams House dining hall, was the first black woman to receive tenure at Harvard. She was chairwoman of Harvard's Afro-American studies department. This portrait of Senior Admissions Officer David L. Evans hangs in Lamont Library. Evans has worked as an Admissions Officer at Harvard for over 40 years. Stanley Tambiah's portrait hangs in Kirkland House JCR. For 35 years, Tambiah served Harvard as a professor of Anthropology. Persia J. Smith, one of the women featured in Harvard's portraits, was the wife of a Harvard graduate. The couple donated money to the university. Smith's portrait hangs in Kirkland House JCR.

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