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...meeting was marked by lighthearted banter from Bok that was in contrast with, and sometimes in reference to, last year’s tense showdowns between professors and then-University President Lawrence H. Summers...
...Nothing, nothing, would please me more,” Bok told the nearly 200 professors in the room, “than you bringing this review to a tremendous conclusion in my last year of academic administration at this institution...
...Knowles, choking up, introduced Bok by saying the Faculty was “privileged and grateful that Derek agreed to be recalled to this venerable place.” Professors responded with extended, rousing applause...
...Introducing question period—the venue that disaffected Faculty members used to launch their biting attacks on Summers—Bok said: “We now come to the most hazardous part of the program, at least...
...Bok gently countered Kleinman’s point, arguing that an expansion of the sciences might be warranted because faculty growth in those disciplines has lagged behind the humanities in recent years...