Harvard Political Review Elects Woman President

The Harvard Political Review, following the lead set by several other campus publications, elected Martha Gershun '78 as the first woman president in its 10-year history Thursday night.

The Yearbook, The Independent, the Law Review and The Crimson have all elected their first women presidents within the past six years.

When Gershun, currently associate editor of the Review, takes office as its president this January, she will head a staff of 30, including two women. She said yesterday she foresees "no problems working with a predominately male staff because it's very good."

Although The Advocate was the first Harvard publication to admit women to its staff, it has never had a woman president, Douglas A. McIntyre '77, the literary journal's president, said yesterday. McIntyre "wouldn't be surprised" to see a woman as president within the next few years, he added. probably be a woman, because its staff consists almost entirely of women, David Godolphin '78, editor-in-chief of the year-old poetry magazine, said yesterday.

The Harvard Lampoon has had women staff members for about ten years, but has never had a woman president, Alan Arffa '77, a vice president of the Lampoon, said yesterday.

Gershun, who joined the staff of the Review in her freshman year, said she hopes to enter the public policy field after completing her post-graduate education