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...that reason, in part, that theCorporation has always been reluctant to conferthe presidency on anyone who did not already haveties to the University. In fact, Bok, a Law Schoolgraduate and former dean, was the first presidentsince the 17th century who was not an alumnus ofthe College...
...this process of self-scrutiny that, as inthe past, Harvard must go through before the nextpresident is chosen, says John Isaacson, a HarvardLaw School alumnus who founded a firm that advisesinstitutional searches...
Belying Thacher's image as a country club for rich white kids, the student body is diverse (27% are minority, mostly Asian), and ethnic relations are remarkably smooth. "Everything's so homogenized here," admits alumnus Derrick Perry, 24. "It's like I didn't realize I was black until I went to Dartmouth." Sexism is probably the most divisive issue. Women, including faculty members, complain that the school remains encumbered with "old boy" history. Yet if Thacher continues to thrive, it is probably because of its throwback traditions. "If there is any single quality we look for," says admissions director...
...midway through Romano's tenure, the PBHA executive board splintered in a bitter debate over a staff member's attempted diversion of $150 to the campaign of Cambridge politician and PBHA alumnus, Kenneth E. Reeves '72. The conflict soon expanded into a test for Romano's boundless optimism and even his occasionally ponderous confidence...
Recalling with rancor a speech by a Harvard alumnus to newly admitted Atlanta high schoolers, Romano says, "He said, these people are the `creme de la creme of our society.' Now all of us have heard that, that this group of people are a lot better because they did everything themselves...