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...Rudenstine was the architect for projects that affected undergraduates in ways they sometimes didn’t perceive. The University’s increasing national profile enabled Rudenstine to attract some of the nation’s top names to the Faculty—especially to the Afro-American studies department...
During Rudenstine’s tenure, Afro-American studies at Harvard went from a struggling program with one tenured professor and one concentrator to the nation’s top department, boasting a host of respected scholars popularly dubbed the “dream team,” and a comfortable $39 million endowment...
...walked the walk more boldly in terms of diversity and affirmative action and Afro-American studies than Neil Rudenstine,” Gates says...
With achievements like the Afro-American studies department, Radcliffe and Allston under his belt, Rudenstine is bemused to realize that many people still see him as a moneymaker...
...history. In addition to purchasing the land in Allston—where one or another of Harvard’s faculties will eventually end up—there was the long-awaited merger with sister school Radcliffe College, vocal support of affirmative action policies, the bolstering of the Afro-American Studies Department to national prominence and the growth of financial...