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...search for Harvard's 26th president. As is typical with many of Harvard's "secret" files, they are under seal for 80 years—not be read or opened until the year 2071. If precedent is any indication, the records of the search for Harvard’s 27th president won’t be unsealed until the year Summers himself would turn...
When University President Neil L. Rudenstine announced last May that he would resign effective June 30, 2001, it soon became clear that the search for Harvard's 27th president would be unlike any other search before. The nine-month long search for Harvard's 27th president would take the nine search committee members all over the country--from Stanford to Cornell to Columbia and Yale--and would require months of research and thousands of pages of secret communications. Technology would be used as never before, and for the first time, a woman would make the final round...
...Finally, the Corporation's newest member arrived just in time for the search. Appointed earlier in the year, lawyer Conrad K. Harper's term on the Corporation began July 1, 2000—exactly one year before the 27th president would take office. The task was daunting for the new member...
...enough faculty, housing was overcrowded, and the sciences seemed to be falling by the wayside. Finally, it became clear to the committee members that Harvard had outgrown Cambridge. Over the next half-century, Harvard would need to shift across the river to land purchased in Allston, and the 27th president needed to lead the move. To top it all off, the committee decided it wanted someone who would work to foster diversity throughout the University...
Despite the loss there was an individual accomplishment to recognize. Buttles fourth assist of the night on Logigian's fourth quarter goal was his 100th career point. He is just the 27th player in school history to reach that mark...