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...reflect on experience.”GEN ED IN LIMBOBeyond the good-byes of the two most powerful members of the Faculty, the meeting foreshadowed the looming debate over what will succeed the Core Curriculum.Kirby announced that incoming Interim President Derek C. Bok had called on the dean to appoint a committee of professors to draft legislation for the fall on the next system of general education. But the shape of that system, as speeches in the last half hour of yesterday’s meeting demonstrated, is far from clear.Two professors who have played key roles in the curricular...

Author: By Anton S. Troianovski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Difficult Marriage’ Ends | 5/17/2006 | See Source »

...Winthrop from 1935 to 1937. A student in the House, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. ’38, “became one of my closest friends,” Galbraith later told C-SPAN. Joseph’s younger brother, John F. Kennedy ’40, would appoint Galbraith as ambassador to India...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Century’s ‘Funniest Professor’ Dies at 97 | 5/1/2006 | See Source »

...most important thing a Harvard president does,” says Summers, who adds that he turns down roughly one in 10 tenure cases that reach his office.GATHERING SUPPORTLike a college applicant, each associate faculty member entering the tenure review process in the penultimate year of his appointment must condense the record of his achievements in scholarship, teaching, and citizenship for a dossier.Unlike a college application, though, the manila folder containing a tenure candidate’s dossier may be up to 10 inches thick. According to the Appointment Handbook for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, it may enclose...

Author: By Lulu Zhou, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Final Hurdle | 4/28/2006 | See Source »

John F. Kennedy ’40, in the fourth 1960 Presidential debate, pledged to “throughout the world appoint the best people we can get, ambassadors who can speak the language, not merely people who made a political contribution.” Today, in an age of globalization and terrorism, the need is greater than ever. That means having an ambassador to Saudi Arabia who can speak Arabic and explain America’s actions in a hostile region. It means having an ambassador to the United Kingdom who will engage a cynical British public in open...

Author: By Lewis E. Bollard | Title: America’s Shaky Ambassadors | 4/26/2006 | See Source »

...Light, who has served as acting dean of Harvard Business School since last August, was appointed the school’s permanent chief yesterday.Faculty members expressed broad support for Light, a 64-year-old expert in finance and investment management who has spent more than half his life at the Business School.When University President Lawrence H. Summers informed the school’s faculty of Light’s appointment at a closed-door meeting yesterday afternoon, the professors immediately rose for a standing ovation, according to Professor of Management Practice Arthur I. Segel...

Author: By Madeline W. Lissner and Daniel J. T. Schuker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Acting Dean Promoted To Lead B-School | 4/25/2006 | See Source »

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