Word: appointing
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Boskey Professor of Law Lani Guinier—who joined the Law School faculty in 1998, five years after President Bill Clinton tried to appoint her assistant attorney general for civil rights—gave the keynote address...
...estate lawyer Colleen Barney, co-author of Best Intentions: Ensuring Your Estate Plan Delivers Both Wealth and Wisdom. Rather they operate under dubious assumptions, as Elizabeth Shen, 66, a widow and mother of six in Arcadia, Calif., did when she approached Barney about estate planning. She had decided to appoint her eldest son and daughter co-executors, without telling them first. Barney suggested that she invite all six kids to the planning meeting. When the topic came up, Shen's eldest daughter, who travels a lot, didn't want the responsibility. Says Shen: "But it opened the door...
...five vote-getters were women. With Harvard falling behind other universities in the extent of its female leadership, and for the first time having so many promising female candidates to consider, this may be the time to bring a woman to the top of HLS administration. Certainly, Summers should appoint the most qualified and promising candidate; but gender is a factor that should be considered in his decision...
...vacancies present two more opportunities for Lewis and University President Lawrence H. Summers to appoint a racial minority to the position of master—something that has only happened twice in Harvard history. Former Dunster House Master Karel Liem, who left his position in 2001, was the last professor of color to serve as master, and he and others have called on Lewis to diversify the masters’ ranks...
...suspicion is that they will not appoint anyone who had worked in the Boston area in the past 20 years,” said Kiely...