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Harvard Undergraduate House Purges Portrait of Namesake

An undergraduate dormitory at Harvard College will not display a portrait of the man it's mostly named for when it re-opens in the fall of 2019. The portrait of Abbott Lawrence Lowell (1856-1943) and his wife Anna has hung for years in the dining hall of Lowell House, one of 12 undergraduate houses at Harvard College where sophomores, juniors, and seniors live.

An undergraduate dormitory at Harvard College will not display a portrait of the man it's mostly named for when it re-opens in the fall of 2019. The portrait of Abbott Lawrence Lowell (1856-1943) and his wife Anna has hung for years in the dining hall of Lowell House, one of 12 undergraduate houses at Harvard College where sophomores, juniors, and seniors live.…