May 14--George Putnam '49 is named by the Corporation to succeed George F. Bennett '33 as treasurer of the University.

May 18--Archibald Cox '34 is named special Watergate prosecutor by the Justice Department's Attorney General-designate Elliot L. Richardson '41.

May 23--The University submits what it hopes will be its final affirmative action plan to the federal government, replete with goals and timetables. In July, however, the government rejects the Harvard plan, citing improper goals.

October 20--Archibald Cox, Williston Professor of Law is fired as Watergate special prosecutor in President Nixon's "Saturday Night Massacre."

November 9--The federal government finally accepts Harvard's affirmative action plan, ending a three-year $250,000 effort by the University to meet federal requirements for non-discriminatory hiring program. Within several weeks, though, the federal Equal Opportunity Commission announces it will begin investigating allegations of sex discrimination in hiring practices.

December 1--The Faculty extends Christmas vacation for a week and cancels a scheduled five-day intercession to conserve heat.

December 6--The Committee on Houses and Undergraduate Life (CHUL) abolishes the use of master's choice, class rank, and concentration and secondary school as qualifications for House assignments.

1974

February 14--In his annual report to the overseers, President Bok expresses concern for the health of graduate-level education in the face of financial cutbacks and a tight job market.

March 8--The Faculty of Medicine votes to criminate its innovative Core Curriculum in favor of a more traditional course format.

March 11--About 400 demonstrators chant "hail to the chief" outside of the Harvard Club as Vice President Gerald Ford accepts the Harvard Young Republican's man-of-the-year award. In his acceptance address to the Club, Ford says he is convinced of President Nixon's innocence in the Watergate affair.

May 20--The Economics Department rejects a recommendation of a review committee to include Marxian analysis of socio-economic problems in the Department's graduate program. Less than a week later, the Graduate Economics club votes unanimously to condemn the rejection.

August 9--President Nixon resigns.

September 28--In a speech at the 13th annual kick-off of the Harvard College Fund drive, President Bok cites rising expenses, the proposed Harvard-Radcliffe merger, and the quality of undergraduate education as the major problems facing the University.

October 2--Dean Rosovsky dissolves the Afro-American faculty search committee. Citing the committee's inability to find any new members, Rosovsky says that a "new approach" is needed.