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'''Gene R. Hawes''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[1949|49]] is best known for writing self-help books. [[Salutatorian]] of his Columbia class, he later edited the [[Columbia Alumni News]].

Upon his death, the ''[[New York Times]]'' reported that "Mr. Hawes caused a stir in [[1964]] when he published a study showing that [[Harvard]], [[Princeton]] and [[Yale]] were taking fewer sons of prominent families in favor of applicants with better grades."

==External links==
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/31/obituaries/31hawes.html NYT obit]

[[Category:Columbia College alumni|Hawes]]
[[Category:Class of 1949|Hawes]]