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April 2004
Harvard
Divinity School Names Two New Administrators
Contact: Wendy
McDowell, 617.496.6004
CAMBRIDGE, MA, April 8, 2004—Dean William A. Graham has announced the appointment of two new
administrators at Harvard Divinity School: Elizabeth (Betsy) Sloane will
become Associate Dean for Development and Alumni/ae Relations this week,
and Laura C. Wood will become head of Andover-Harvard Theological
Library on June 15, 2004.
Since March 2002, Sloane has been president
of the University of Hawaii Foundation, which coordinates fund-raising
for that university system's 10 campuses. Earlier, she was co-founder
and president of K@tapult, Inc., a firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
that provided fund-raising, strategic-planning, and program-design
services in the public and private sectors. In that role, for example,
she worked with Harvard University to create a successful
community-partnership program with Cambridge and Boston. From 1995-98,
Sloane was Associate Vice President for Development and Alumni Programs
at Trinity College in Hartford.
"Betsy clearly has the kind of varied
professional experience that will serve HDS well as we all act with
increasing focus to enhance the School's mission, programs of study, and
physical plant in the months and years to come," Dean Graham said
in announcing the appointment. "In addition, she is very familiar
with the distinctive nature of divinity school life, holding an MDiv
degree from Yale University."
After graduating from Yale Divinity School,
Sloane worked through the 1980s and early 90s, in a variety of
capacities, to develop public-private partnerships that would improve
inner-city neighborhoods, especially in regard to housing, education,
childcare, and the arts.
"At this point in my career," said
Sloane, who also holds a BA degree from Wheaton College in
Massachusetts, "I am interested in institutions that can bring new
perspectives and robust dialogue to key issues which affect all of us.
Harvard Divinity School, under the leadership of Dean Graham, is such a
place. The Dean, administration, faculty, and students are
creating a new vision for the School. I am honored to be a part of
the team that will realize this new vision in partnership with our
alumni, volunteers, and donors."
Wood comes to Harvard from Emory University,
where she has worked at Pitts Theological Library since September 2000,
as both periodicals librarian and technical services librarian.
"Through her dual responsibilities at
Candler, Laura has clearly developed a balanced approach to library
services that includes the enhancement of access to materials through
innovative means," Graham said in announcing the appointment.
"Her work with technology at Emory, and through the
American Theological Library Association, will assist her in leading our
library forward in this critical area and will make her an important
contributor to Harvard's University Library Council as well."
Before arriving at Emory, Wood was head
librarian of the Stockwell Cross Library at the University of Michigan,
where she received a master's degree in information. She also has a
master's degree in religion from Yale Divinity School and a BA from
Mount Holyoke College. In addition, she plans to receive an MBA degree
from Emory in May.
"It's a great pleasure to join the HDS
community and the fine staff at the Andover-Harvard Theological
Library," Wood said. "Today's libraries function not only as
great collections but also as places of learning, especially with
regards to technology. I'm looking forward to working with faculty
in support of the mission of the school and to developing additional
resources and services."
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