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Timeline: 1972-1976

November 29, 1972: Nixon names three alumni to his cabinet, Elliot L. Richardson ’41, Former Crimson President Caspar W. Weinberger ’38 and Roy L. Ash Harvard Business School ’47.

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December 4, 1972: Harvard’s Memorial Church ordains its first female minister. The ordination marks the first time a woman has been named a minister by the university since its founding in 1636.

December 15, 1972: The board of Harvard Student Agencies vetoes selling contraceptives in the Freshman Union.

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