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“You don’t build a new center in China in three years,” Lorsch says. “I think he didn’t know how long he would be here, and changes take time.”
Light says that his role in bringing about these changes mostly involved persuading and coordinating faculty to convince them to support his vision.
During his tenure, Light oversaw the renovation of the Baker Library, the completion of the $600 million capital campaign, and the creation of the 2+2 program, which allows rising seniors to apply and, if accepted, work for two years after graduation before matriculating.
He also presided over the expansion of the Business School’s focus on entrepreneurship and the Global Initiative—a push to increase the international exposure of the Business School, including the implementation of the overseas Immersion Experience Program for students and the opening of the Harvard...
Light’s tenure was the shortest ever for a Business School dean, and in a Dec. 2009 email to the community announcing his departure, he acknowledged the brevity of his deanship, which may have made it difficult to carve out a unique agenda.