Evelynn M. Hammonds will step down as Harvard College dean on July 1 . A month prior , the school had announced that more than half the students implicated in the cheating scandal had been required to withdraw for a time . The university said in a statement that it was "saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Hammonds, who served with distinction and integrity at Harvard, where she helped shape our campus for more than three Hammonds was criticized after she conducted a secret search of faculty e-mails . She was trying to find out who leaked information in a student cheating scandal .
Evelynn M. Hammonds will step down as Harvard College dean on July 1 . The university said in a statement that it was "saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Hammonds, who served with distinction and integrity at Harvard, where she helped shape our campus for more than three Hammonds was criticized after she conducted a secret search of faculty e-mails . She was trying to find out who leaked information in a student cheating scandal .