After five months without a financial aid director, Byerly Hall will soon be welcoming a new face.

On Feb. 1 Sally Donohue will become Harvard College's newest director of financial aid.

Currently the director of career services at Harvard Law School (HLS), Donohue has also served as the law school's director of financial aid and is a national expert on the subject.

"We're proud of how we've developed our system," said Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath-Lewis '70-'73, "but it will be helpful to have someone with such experience."

After 20 years of service, former director James S. Miller left the department of financial aid last September to work in development at Brown University, and a committee began a nationwide search for his replacement.

But they found what they were looking for in their own backyard.

Donohue served once before at the Office of Admissions and Financial Aid in the 1980s, but she has also spent over 12 years at HLS. Additionally, she has given workshops at numerous national financial aid organizations.

"We were delighted to get someone of her stature," said Associate Dean of Harvard College David P. Illingworth '71, who has worked in Byerly Hall and served on the search committee.