The Kennedy School of Government yesterday announced Nancy J. Dunn's promotion to administrative dean, a move that will make Dunn the school's top-ranking woman administrator.

The K-School promoted Dunn from her position of associate dean for budget and finance to succeed Elizabeth Reveal, who resigned last January to become Philadelphia's municipal finance director.

Dunn said yesterday she will be responsible for "everything but the teaching program and the research centers." She said she will handle budgets and administration, including personnel, buildings, publications and records.

While she will start most of her new responsibilities immediately, Dunn said that for the next few months, Executive Dean Richard E. Cavanagh will continue supervising information systems and construction on the K-School new building.

As personnel director, Dunn said one of her main challenges will be to smooth negotiations with members of the Harvard Union of Clerical and TechnicalWorkers (HUCTW), which won certification inOctober.

"One of my challenges is going to be workingwith members of the union and in developing aconstructive relationship with them," Dunn said."This will inevitably mean changes, but none of usknows exactly what that will mean."

"I am delighted that Nancy will be completingour 'quartet,'" said a statement released byoutgoing K-School Dean Graham T. Allison '62. The"quartet" refers to the school's top fouradministrators, including Allison, Dunn, Cavanaghand Academic Dean Albert Carnesale.

"Her excellent judgement and expertise will becritical to the continued development of theSchool's organizational strategy and themanagement of our day-to-day operations," thestatement said