Bundles said the board of management has been working at revising its bylaws as a whole in recent months.

"There are all these references to Radcliffe College, and those have to be changed to the Radcliffe Institute," she said. "There is no longer a Radcliffe College Board of Trustees, and the text needs to reflect that."

But some alumnae said at the possibility of a new name for RCAA.

"It makes me very sad. I cannot imagine any other woman of my generation who wouldn't feel the same way," said Elizabeth R. Fishel '72.

Diana E. Post '67, who currently serves as second vice president of RCA, said, "I think that there is a great deal of sadness, but mostly related to what happened to the College."

"Will the new Institute take our loyalties or not? We'll see. We'll also see who will join Radcliffe Association," Post continued.

Radcliffe College's merger with Harvard, negotiated last spring, sent shock waves through the ranks of Radcliffe College alumnae, many of who expressed disappointment at not being included in the process and at the College's ultimate absorption into the ranks of Harvard.

Mary Maples Dunn, acting dean of the Radcliffe Institute has said even close to one year after the merger announcement, many alumnae still do not understand the details or implications of the merger.