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Law School professor Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. and Law School lecturer Stephanie Robinson have been chosen as the new masters of Winthrop House, and the first black House masters in Harvard history, College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds announced Wednesday afternoon.

They will assume their new posts next fall, replacing Professor Stephen P. Rosen and Mandana Sassanfar, who called it quits after six years as the Winthrop House masters, citing personal reasons for the decision.

The pick comes as part of a recent push by Hammonds to foster greater diversity among House Masters, a group that currently contains no minority members. [CORRECTION APPENDED]

In an interview last December, the Dean said that she hopes to usher minority faculty into recently opened House master positions.

The selection fills one of two recent vacancies. In November, Pforzheimer House Masters Sue and James J. McCarthy announced their intention to step down after 13 years in the Quad. Their replacement has not yet been named.

--Check thecrimson.com for updates throughout the evening.

CORRECTION

The Feb. 11 news article "Sullivan, Robinson Chosen As New Winthrop House Masters" incorrectly stated that there were no minority House Masters. In fact, the group contains at least one ethnic minority member in outgoing Winthrop Master Mandana Sassanfar.