Word: allison
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this election year, attention has focused on the Kennedy School, where Dukakis served as a lecturer between his first two terms as governor. And recently Bok and Allison have joined in the speculation about which K-School profs would join their former colleague should he win in November...
...himself considered a possible political appointee in a Democratic administration, says that he and Allison "discussed whatever plans we can so we won't be left short of faculty members or have to fold or anything...
Many cite the story of Dukakis' staffing decisions in 1982, when he was re-elected governor after a three-year stint at the Kennedy School, as evidence of what might happen this time around if the Democrats take the White House. Allison says that he was forced to personally negotiate a hiring freeze with Dukakis after the gubernatorial election because the former lecturer lured away so many of his K-School colleagues...
...Allison and Ford Foundation Professor of International Security Joseph S. Nye are the two most mentioned possible Dukakis appointees this election. Allison announced last summer that he would resign his post as dean, effective in the 1989-'90 academic year. Many speculated at the time that Allison was trying to free himself for a Washington job in a Dukakis administration...
...Allison, who is mentioned as a possible national security adviser or secretary of defense, disavowed any intention to join the migration to Washington should Dukakis, a close personal friend of the dean...