December 20, 2015

Leonard, who created Harvard affirmative-action policy, dies

WASHINGTON (AP) - A man who designed an admissions process at Harvard University that led to more minority students being admitted has died.

Walter Leonard was 86 years old. His wife, Betty Leonard, says he died earlier this month in Kensington, Maryland, of complications from Alzheimer's disease.

In 1971, Leonard ...

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