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Starr is the 25th Harvard affiliate to garner a Pulitzer prize. His predecessors include the writer Archibald MacLeish, the historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. '38. Adams University Professor Bernard Bailyn. Professor Robert W. Coles '50 and Baird Professor of Science Edwin O. Wilson, among others...
...Bailyn a number of colleagues say could well be too old for a job that would probably take six to eight years out of a scholar's career...
...Bailyn's prominent role in shaping the Core is what appears to dominate in the minds of those who mention him as a possible candidate for dean. But even these Faculty members acknowledge that is number of factors could keep Bailyn from the throne...
Similarly Bailyn is described even by close friends as somewhat of a loner someone who just might not have the inclination to immerse himself totally in the administrative affairs of the Faculty. "He plays his cards very close to his chest," says one official...
Colleagues and administrators finally speculate that Bailyn would be reluctant to give up the life of a scholar and especially the freedom at forded him by his prestigious University Professorship, to take the post. Baylin's now actively engaged in research on population history and the settlement patterns of groups in this country...