Rather than dealing directly with students groups--once a major component of his postion--Epps says he now gets to be a spectator at football games, Glee Club concerts and theatrical productions.

To sort through his years at Harvard, Epps says he has already written 300 pages of his memoir--and is just starting to tackle the tumultuous time of 1969, when University Hall was taken over by the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). Epps, then a young associate dean, was forcibly removed from the building by protesters.

"[The memoirs are] about forty years spent at Harvard, it's one man's story with the place," he says.

Epps says he's also trying to include American history in his writing by telling how national events affected Harvard.

"We've got the Civil Rights movement, Vietnam and the South African investments," he says, referring in part to 1985's student protests of the Harvard Corporation's investments in apartheid South Africa.

While Epps has seen the College through anti-Vietnam protests and the infamous recent debate about returning grapes to the dining halls, he says his memoirs reflect the great love and passion he has for Harvard.

"I think that I'm talking about the romantic Harvard. I'm describing [Harvard] like I'd like it to be, rather than it is," he says.

Outside of Harvard, Epps also serves on the board of directors for two local private high schools, and on the board of the nearby Episcopal Divinity School. He's also a lifetime member of the Boston Symphony board of directors.