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...Bailey joined the Harvard administration as the secretary of both the Corporation and Board of Overseers. He worked under presidents James B. Conant '14 and Nathan M. Pusey...
...telephone interview with The Crimson, Pusey credited Bailey with helping him adjust to his new role as president...
...Bailey visited Pusey at his home in Iowa before Pusey took office to help the new president understand the problems he would face. Pusey called Bailey a "credit to the institution" and "the kind of person who went to Harvard, fell in love with it and studied...
...Bailey's most praised accomplishment was spearheading the construction of the Cambridge Street overpass which joins what was then North Campus to the South Campus. This bridge now allows undergraduates to reach the Science Center from Harvard Yard...
After several years of severe opposition from the University, which cited the prohibitive cost and its belief that Harvard was already perfect, Bailey ultimately succeeded in obtaining funds from the University...