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29 Calkins Retires

Senior Fellow Hugh Calkins '45 retired from Harvard's seven-man governing Corporation after 17 years of service. A replacement for the Cleveland lawyer has yet to be named, and there has been much speculation that the open spot on the exclusive board may be filled for the first time by a minority or a woman.

The Corporation is the University's top governing board and has ultimate responsibility for Harvard's finances and for major policy issues.

JULY 1985

Monday

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1 Trail Blazing

Four Harvard Medical School students, in an attempt to dispose of toilet paper while on a hiking trip in a wooded area northeast of Seattle, accidentally started a 500-acre forest fire. The four men admitted to having started the blaze, which took three days and $500,000 to contain, a national forest spokesperson said. The man allegedly responsible for starting the blaze was fined $100, the customary amount levied for starting a fire without a permit.

Tuesday

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2 Pancreas Transplants

The state granted two Harvard-affiliated hospitals permission to conduct long-restricted pancreas transplants, operations which doctors predict will enable thousands of diabetics to produce their own insulin. The Massachussetts General Hospital and the New England Deaconess Hospital, both Harvard affliated, were granted permission to conduct the transplants for one year.