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1. 1. George Alden Dean '48

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   Published on: 1/13/2004   Last Visited: 11/14/2004

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   George Alden Dean '48 If all you knew about Alden Dean was his longstanding dedication to improving the role of women in politics, you might think that he would have chafed at Lawrenceville in the late 1940s, when coeducation was several detailed reports, angry editorials, and tumultuous decades away. But Alden was not yet the crusader he is now; his efforts on behalf of women are the result of his thoughtful assessment of what he saw during years of education, military service, and business - and his desire to do something about what he saw.
   
   Alden credits Carl and Gretchen Wells of Griswold House ("two of the most outstanding people I"ve ever known") with fostering in him the qualities that would lead him to succeed in advertising and ultimately to go about fixing the gender imbalance in the American government. With their support, he became president of Griswold, then president of his class, and finally president of the School. He went on to Princeton (then an all-male institution), the Harvard Business School (also all-male), and a stint in Korea (of course, all-male) before moving to Connecticut to work in advertising, where he "saw women create and do so much." Women played diverse roles in his workplace, and in Connecticut they were already involved in politics as well.
   
   Then, in 1988, his company was sold and Alden found he "could pretty much do what I wanted." On a trip to England, he watched the Conservative and Labour party conferences and was impressed by the women who held office. Back in the States, he watched the nightly news and, among all the politicians and pundits, "there were no women!"
   
   Concerned, he got in touch with his Congresswoman, who told him that the rest of the country lagged behind Connecticut in terms of women"s involvement in politics. "So I contacted more than 100 women in various power structures in the United States," he says almost nonchalantly, "and they all told me the same thing; the United State was way behind - it still is, for that matter" in addressing or even admitting the gender imbalance.
   
   Here was an opportunity to put his marketing skills to work again, and he has done so with a passion. Alden started a monthly mailing about women in politics that now goes to some 800 people.

2. 2. www.lawrenceville.org

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   Published on: 8/27/2003   Last Visited: 8/27/2003

   George Alden Dean '48
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   George Alden Dean '48
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   George Alden Dean '48 If all you knew about Alden Dean was his longstanding dedication to improving the role of women in politics, you might think that he would have chafed at Lawrenceville in the late 1940s, when coeducation was several detailed reports, angry editorials, and tumultuous decades away. But Alden was not yet the crusader he is now; his efforts on behalf of women are the result of his thoughtful assessment of what he saw during years of education, military service, and business - and his desire to do something about what he saw.
   
   Alden credits Carl and Gretchen Wells of Griswold House ("two of the most outstanding people I"ve ever known") with fostering in him the qualities that would lead him to succeed in advertising and ultimately to go about fixing the gender imbalance in the American government. With their support, he became president of Griswold, then president of his class, and finally president of the School. He went on to Princeton (then an all-male institution), the Harvard Business School (also all-male), and a stint in Korea (of course, all-male) before moving to Connecticut to work in advertising, where he "saw women create and do so much." Women played diverse roles in his workplace, and in Connecticut they were already involved in politics as well.
   
   Then, in 1988, his company was sold and Alden found he "could pretty much do what I wanted." On a trip to England, he watched the Conservative and Labour party conferences and was impressed by the women who held office. Back in the States, he watched the nightly news and, among all the politicians and pundits, "there were no women!"
   
   Concerned, he got in touch with his Congresswoman, who told him that the rest of the country lagged behind Connecticut in terms of women"s involvement in politics. "So I contacted more than 100 women in various power structures in the United States," he says almost nonchalantly, "and they all told me the same thing; the United State was way behind - it still is, for that matter" in addressing or even admitting the gender imbalance.
   
   Here was an opportunity to put his marketing skills to work again, and he has done so with a passion. Alden started a monthly mailing about women in politics that now goes to some 800 people.

3. 3. Alumni Regional Clubs

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   Published on: 7/13/2002   Last Visited: 10/21/2004

   George Alden Dean ,48