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  • Avery Cardinal Dulles, SJ, has been the Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society at Fordham University, a position he has held since 1988. An internationally known author and lecturer, he received his primary school education in New York City, and attended secondary schools in Switzerland and New England. After graduating from Harvard College in 1940, he spent a year and a half in Harvard Law School before serving in the United States Navy, emerging with the rank of lieutenant. Past President of both the Catholic Theological Society of America and the American Theological Society and Professor Emeritus at The Catholic University of America, Cardinal Dulles has served on the International Theological Commission and as a member of the United States Lutheran/Roman Catholic Dialogue. Cardinal Dulles served on the faculty of Woodstock College from 1960 to 1974 and that of The Catholic University of America from 1974 to 1988. He has been a visiting professor at: The Gregorian University (Rome), Weston School of Theology, Union Theological Seminary (New York, NY), Princeton Theological Seminary, Episcopal Seminary (Alexandria, VA), Lutheran Theological Seminary (Gettysburg, PA), Boston College, Campion Hall (Oxford University), the University of Notre Dame, the Catholic University at Leuven, Yale University, and St. Joseph's Seminary, Dunwoodie.
  • John Diamond is a sociologist of education who focuses on how race, ethnicity, and social class intersect with school leadership, practices, and policies to shape the educational opportunities and outcomes of children. His recent research includes a four-year study of urban school leadership (The Distributed Leadership Study); an examination of the implications of social class for African-American parents' educational participation; a study of race, social class, and student achievement in suburban schools; and a study of the development and diffusion of teachers' expectations of students. For the last study, Diamond was the recipient of a National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship. In addition to the NAE/Spencer Fellowship, he has received research awards from the National Science Foundation and the American Educational Research Association/Institute for Education Sciences. Diamond has a BA in sociology and political science from the University of Michigan and a PhD in sociology from Northwestern University.
  • As Ken Carpenter, Assistant Director for Research Resources in the Harvard University Library and the Harvard College Library, stepped down on December 31, he could count 35 years of service to Harvard's library collections. A distinguished librarian and editor, Ken is a pioneer in the world of archival microfilm and a champion of the need to bring coherence and high standards to Harvard's microfilming efforts.
  • Dr. Alexander Altschuller practices Cardiovascular Disease Cardiology Internal Medicine in Massachusetts.