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Defending his growth strategy, Allison saysthat while his tenure was not without fault, theendowment he built for the school was the mostimportant thing he could have done to secure theschool's future...
...That this whole enterprise is now on anendowment base makes the Kennedy school apermanent feature of Harvard for the indefinitefuture," Allison says. "That is something to takesome great satisfaction in having been a part...
Because the University operates on the "everytub on its own bottom" philosophy--meaning thatevery school is financially responsible foritself--without an aggressive effort by Allison tobuild a substantial endowment, the school couldnot have grown as it has over the past 12 years ineither physical resources or scholarship, Cavanaghsays...
...Allison's determined pursuit of a top-notchfaculty has been successful--among the manynotable scholars and practitioners that havepassed through the school during Allison's tenurehave been Dillon Professor of Government RichardE. Neustadt, Professor of Press and Public PolicyMarvin Kalb, Attorney General Richard L.Thornburgh and Gov. Michael S. Dukakis...
...high profile politicos and thewell-respected scholars who Allison has been ableto keep or recruit for the school have helpedestablish the Kennedy School as a prominentinstitution in Washington and the real world ofpolitics--President Bush's victory took half adozen people from the Kennedy School to the WhiteHouse...