Barnard Names Jacquelyn Mattfeld as New President
After four months of deliberation Barnard College's Presidential Search Committee unanimously recommends Jacquelyn Mattfeld for president. Board of Trustees and Columbia University president McGill must approve. committee members include five trustees and five faculty representatives with student and alumnae input.
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Jacquelyn Mattfeld
Barnard College
Barnard
William McGill
Columbia University
Eleanor Elliott
Richard M. Furland
Elizabeth Janeway
Samuel R. Milbank
William T. Golden
Helene L. Kaplan
Elliott
Bernard Barber
Brigitte Bradley
Bernice Segal
Ann Sheffield
David A. Robertson
Robertson
Bradley
Mary Mothersill
Leonard Zobler
Gwyneth Murphy
Undergrad
Michele Evans
Helen Pond McIntyre
Marylin Karmason Spritzer
Henry Graff
Columbia
LeRoy C. Breunig
Remington Patterson
Academe
McIntyre
Barnard Names Jacquelyn Mattfeld New President
The Barnard College board voted unanimously to hire Jacquelyn Anderson Mattfeld as president, effective July 1 1975. Mattfeld, Brown University dean of faculty, called Barnard a historic women’s institution and praised its identity and ties with Columbia University.
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Board of Trustees
Jacquelyn Anderson Mattfeld
Barnard
Mattfeld
Brown University
Bulletin
Brown
Columbia
Mattfeld Nominated by Barnard Search Committee
Janet Blair states Jacqualin Mattfeld is the sole reason she would attend Barnard next year. The two students on the Search Committee praised Mattfeld as marvelous with students and open, warm, articulate, and intelligent. The Board chairwoman says she was loved at first sight and recommended by higher education figures.
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Janet Blair
Jacqualin Mattfeld
Barnard
Gwyneth Murphy
Mattfeld
Helene Kaplan
Ann
Sheffield
Henry Graff
Columbia
Eleanor Elliott
Elliott
Mattfeld Remembered by Colleagues and Friends
A bulletin-compiled list shows Jacquelyn Mattfeld praised by students and colleagues as a generous, open, and highly gifted educator. Karen Romer of Brown, who befriended Mattfeld in 1962 at Radcliffe, recalls her vision for education and talent for candid self-reflection.
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Lisa Lerman
Beth Falk
Bulletin
Providence
Jacquelyn Mattfeld
Karen Romer
Brown
Mattfeld
Radcliffe
Ramer
Stewart
Thomas Banchoff
Andrea Levere
Mattfeld Named Barnard President Candidate Faces Funding Hurdles
Andrea Mattfeld regarded as a sensitive, dedicated leader with strong ties to Brown and a track record in musicology and women's education. Colleagues praise her warmth, collaborative style, and ability to bridge professional, academic, and personal perspectives while addressing barriers faced by women. Budget concerns loom as the presidency prospects unfold.
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By Sarah Gold
By Beth Falk
Jacquélyn Anderson
Levere
Romer
David Robertson
Sarah Lawrence
Harvard
Yale
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