Susan Eaton '79, secretary of the Radcliffe College Alumnae Association said that keeping good employees is always harder when an organization is in flux.
"It must be very difficult to work in a climate where it feels like things are uncertain," Eaton said. "Of course we're on the one hand concerned that people are leaving, but on the other hand happy to see that they have new opportunities."
Dunn denied that her decision to join the WWF was motivated by any reason other than career advancement.
"We've all left for personal, professional development reasons," she said. "I don't think there's a climate of departure at all."
Fuller, whose departure left Radcliffe's $100 million capital campaign in the hands of her immediate subordinate Joanna N. Brode, cited personal reasons for her departure.
No immediate successors have been named to Chamberlin or Dunn's positions, leaving a smaller Radcliffe administration to deal with students and alumnae as the institution continues sporadic talks with Harvard about the future of the relationship between the two.
Clendenning will take over for Chamberlin as acting director of communications until the position can be filled permanently, Clendenning said.
And Dunn said yesterday that her duties have filtered down to her former staff in the finance office, with Radcliffe College President Linda S. Wilson assuming supervisory duties over the office.
In other Radcliffe news, an alumnae proposal in the recently released winter issue of the Radcliffe Quarterly called for Radcliffe to be converted into a charitable foundation.
Under the plan, proposed in a letter to the editor by Linda Greenhouse '68, who is a former Crimson editor, Radcliffe's $200 million endowment, along with money obtained by selling its Cambridge property to Harvard, would form the basis for the Radcliffe Foundation for the Advancement of Women.
The foundation would continue to fund Radcliffe's current major interests, including the Bunting Institute and the Murray Research Center. Money from the foundation could be used to fund programs for undergraduate women, long a desire of outspoken alumnae.
The Greenhouse plan offers an alternative to an alumnae proposal by Joy Kahlenberg Fallon '78, Renee Landers '77 and Eaton, in which Radcliffe College would become an institute affiliated with Harvard called the Radcliffe Center for the Advancement of Women.
"What we're trying to do is get as many proposals out there for alumnae to look at as possible," said Radcliffe College Alumnae Association President Jane E. Tewksbury '74.
Eaton said last night that she is wary that a foundation would totally divorce Radcliffe from Harvard.
"I think it's interesting idea. I still think [the Fallon, Landers and Eaton plan] would be more consistent with Radcliffe's mission to figure out a way Radcliffe could be active as part of the broader Harvard community," she said.
College officials have been quick to note that any decision about Radcliffe's future ultimately rests with the college's Board of Trustees and its chairman Nancy-Beth G. Sheerr '71.
"I did not feel recognized for what I brought to the table." Lyn Chamberlin Radcliffe's departing director of communications