Kronauer's wife, Joanne, will be co-master of Adams House, and Kronauer thinks that co-mastership is "a fine idea. The involvement of the spouse is equally heavy."

Joanne Kronauer sees her job of co-master as making sure things "run smoothly until the Kielys come back." Joanne Kronauer said she's looking forward to her new position, especially the contact with students that she anticipates. "That's really what it's all about," she said, referring to student contact. "I would like to see that we have a good time with the students," she added.

With a strong interest in art history, Joanne Kronauer plans to give tours of the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, Mass. as well as taking some art history courses either in the University or at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.

Under Master Kiely, student-master contacts were very good because he was always available, Kronauer said. The new master wants to maintain the quality of these contacts, and like Kiely, will try to eat lunch in the Adams House dining hall regularly. "I hope students will feel equally free to see me," Kronauer said.

Kronauer didn't think he would affect Adams House's image, again citing his short tenure, but he did admit that he was sympathetic to drama and music, two strong suits of Adams House. He added that he won't influence such activities because he wants to leave them up to the students.

So even though Adams House will have a new master this year, he will be temporary. The one-year mastership does not lend itself to huge innovations. Rather, it is more of a care-taking position. And Richard Kronauer will approach the job that way, making Robert Kiely's transitional return easy.

Currier House

Barbara and Paul Rosenkrantz

When she took a leave of absence last year, Barbara G. Rosenkrantz '44 decided to stay on as co-master of Currier House rather than travel somewhere where she could totally devote herself to her research.

"Staying at Currier House probably hurt my research, but I enjoyed my duties as master so much that I am glad I remained," she said last week.

She said she thought her mastership would be a great chore when she assumed it in 1974, but "it's been a lot more fun than I expected. I like undergraduates, but get the opportunity to teach relatively few."

Rosenkrantz, associate professor of the History of Science, is a member of both the Faculties of Arts and Sciences and the School of Public Health. Although she primarily teaches at the graduate level, she does teach one general education course, Social Sciences 114, "A Social History of Disease and Health from the Revolution to World War II."

After receiving her degree in American History and Literature from Radcliffe in 1944, Rosenkrantz spent the next 20 years working as a bacteriologist. She went back to Clark University and the Radcliffe Institute to do graduate work in history in the mid-1960s.

She received her Ph.D. in 1970 and has served as a lecturer and an associate professor in the History of Science department ever since.

She said her principle intellectual interest is "the way that medical and health sciences reflect change in ideology and practice in the process of modernization."