: In the 1920s, Lowell famously attempted to implement a quota on Jewish admissions , arguing that an increase in Jewish students was fueling anti-Semitism.
: In 1933, he donated $1 million to establish the Harvard Society of Fellows , a program designed to support elite post-graduate scholarship without the constraints of traditional degree requirements. Controversies and Exclusionary Policies abbott lawrence lowell
: Under his administration, a clandestine tribunal was formed to purge the university of students and faculty suspected of being gay, leading to several expulsions and at least one suicide. Legal and Political Influence : In the 1920s, Lowell famously attempted to
Lowell is credited with shifting Harvard from a loose collection of academic departments into a cohesive residential university. : In the 1920s