October 8, 1999

The Corporate Mentality at Penn

To the Editor:

As a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D. in English, 1962), I was intrigued by your recent article about how John A. Fry is attempting to turn the tide at this Ivy League institution ("A Vice-President From the Business World Brings a New Bottom Line to Penn," September 3). What I glean from the article is that Fry has begun to turn the institution into the sort of place to which no sensible parent would send a child seeking a