When Dean of College Harry R. Lewis '68 offered Professor Lino Pertile and his wife, Anna Bensted, the chance to be co-masters of Eliot House over lunch last week, Pertile was on the run.
He accepted the position of master, but didn't stay to chat. Pertile had to leave for an Eliot House crew practice.
Pertile and Bensted, who is managing editor for Boston's National Public Radio affiliate, will take over for current Eliot House Masters Stephen A. Mitchell and Kristine L. Fosgard, who have held the post since 1991.
The future masters are no strangers to Eliot House.
"We weren't always sure why the potential candidates wanted to be masters of Eliot House, but [Pertile] really has a presence," said Sarah L. Park '02, a member of selection committee. "He's made a point to be connected with Eliot House."
The couple, along with their two sons, Giulio and Piero, first came to Eliot House in 1994. The family lived in the House's J entryway while Pertile served as a visiting professor.
In 1995, Pertile was granted tenure in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, and the family moved into a house off of Garden Street.
Yet they still retained their ties to Eliot House.
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