Election Results
Former principal and vice chancellor of McGill University David L. Johnston '63 is president of the Board of Overseers for 1997-98. The names of his newest colleagues were announced June 5. Elected to six-year terms as Overseers were
Nina Marchetti Archabal '62, M.A.T. '63; Ph.D. '79 University of Minnesota. St. Paul. Director and chief executive officer, The Minnesota Historical Society.
Mildred Spiewak Dresselhaus, A.M. '53; A.B. '51 Hunter College, Ph.D. '58 University of Chicago. Cambridge. Institute professor of electrical engineering and physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Walter B. Hewlett '66; M.S. '68, M.A. '75, D.M.A. '80 Stanford. Stanford, Cal. Founder and director, Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities.
Richard H. Jenrette, M.B.A. '57; A.B. '51 University of North Carolina. New York City. Retired chairman and chief executive officer, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Inc. and The Equitable Companies Inc.
Thomas S. Williamson Jr. '68; J.D. '74 University of California at Berkeley. Washington, D.C. Partner, Covington & Burling.
Elected for two years to fill a vacancy on the Board of Overseers was
Sheila James Kuehl, J.D. '78; A.B. '62 University of California at Los Angeles. Sacramento. State Assembly member, 41st district; speaker pro tem.
The six new HAA directors elected to three-year terms are
Alphonse Fletcher Jr. '87. New York City. Chairman, Fletcher Asset Management Inc.
Susan Graham Harrison '64; M.S. '66, Ph.D. '71 Stanford. Berkeley, Cal. Professor of computer science, University of California at Berkeley.
Bernard E. Kreger '59, M.P.H. '70; M.D. '63 Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Boston. Clinical professor of medicine, Boston University School of Medicine.
Charles G. Phillips III '70, M.B.A. '72. New York City. Managing director, Gleacher NatWest Inc.
Mary "Honey" Jacobs Skinner '79; J.D. '81 Northwestern University. Chicago. Partner, Sidley & Austin.
Cora E. Yamamoto '75; M.S.S.W. '77 Columbia. Rockville, Md. Special assistant, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
Participation in the election dropped to 17.4 percent from 18.4 percent last year, with 33,372 ballots returned of the 191,470 mailed. To nominate classmates for next year's elections, write to Christopher T. Bayley '60, J.D. '66, chairman, Overseers-Directors Nominating Committee, Harvard Alumni Association, Wadsworth House, Cambridge 02138.