"I think [Jewett] did a very good job of consulting with our leadership," says former Undergraduate Council Vice President Brandon C. Gregoire '95.

But those who have worked with the white-haired dean say they believe that his administrative success may have kept him from other work, which would have perhaps been more personally satisfying and definitely more financially rewarding.

"Fred Jewett has always been I think one of the most able and thoughtful people in the whole community, and I would include faculty in that," Glimp says. "I think the hardest part of his administrative career is that it did not give him the reign for his intellectual talents as teaching would have."

Jewett had never intended to serve as a life-long administrator. He says that upon graduation from the Business School in 1960, he had hoped to pursue a career in international finance.

But when the opportunity to work as a senior adviser to first-years presented itself, Jewett says he decided to put International Telephone and Telegraph's offer on hold.

As a student at the Business School, Jewett served as a first-year proctor and earned a reputation as one of the Yard's best. After 1985, when he was named dean, Jewett was able once again to advise students and will continue to do so even after his retirement.

"If it looked like [a student] was having bad luck, he got assigned to [Jewett] as an adviser," says Glimp. "He is so thoughtful and interested in what [students] are doing... That's the way he is.

Unwilling to sever completely his ties with the College, Jewett will continue to live at his Linnaean St. address, just a short walk from the Quard.

`Unflappable' Fred

Those who knew Jewett during his early years at the College remember his calm presence as an adviser and as an admissions officer.

Humphrey Doermann '52, who served as director of admissions from 1961 until 1966, says he remembers Jewett as being courteous and cool-headed.

"He was unflappable and he was always consistently generous, consistently decent with other people," says Doermann, who is now the president of the Busch foundation in Minneapolis.

"He managed to have good sense in all kinds of situations, the ones where emotions ran high and ones where they were at a normal level," he recalls.

And Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles agrees that Jewett's willingness to make tough, unpopular decisions is a tribute to his character.

"Dean Jewett's reign has been a more-or-less continUous highlight," says Knowles. "He has given the College his fine judgment, his dedication and his supportive thoughtfulness."