October 27, 2000

For Love or Money: Motivations and Rewards of the College President's Spouse

To the Editor:

The job of major-college president -- like big-city lawyer, corporate executive, and, no doubt, a host of other positions -- requires, and has ordinarily been filled by, more than one person: the front man and all the people who ... provide him with emotional grounding, intellectual reinforcement, physical support, clean clothes, pleasant surroundings, quiet time, personal goals, a past, and a future ("A Paycheck for Presidents' Spouses?," September 22). All of these

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