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After five years in one of the world’s most venerated leadership positions, Harvard’s 27th president will officially step down at midnight tonight, concluding a tenure marked by controversy and strife. He will hand over the University’s reins to Derek C. Bok, Harvard’s president from...
...hand over of Mass. Hall will trigger a reshuffling of the ranks inside the Office of the President. While no senior administrators have announced plans to depart, several of Summers’ key staffers will lose their jobs tomorrow along with the president, as Bok is expected to maintain only a small staff during his interim tenure...
Other staffers will fill similar roles after Summers departs. Summers’ chief of staff, Kasia E. Lundy ’95, will assume new duties under Provost Steven E. Hyman, while Summers’ scheduler, Beth Withers, is already keeping track of appointments for Bok, the source said. Summers’ special events director, M. Trearty Bartley, is expected to return to the University Development Office, according to the individual. And Jose Andrade, the president’s personal chauffeur, will assume a new position elsewhere at Harvard...
...addition to the six members of this summer's committee, a number of administrators were present at the June 9 meeting. Those present at the meeting in University Hall were Kirby, incoming Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles, incoming President Derek C. Bok, Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross, and Assistant Dean of the College Stephanie H. Kenen. Outgoing University President Lawrence H. Summers, who was involved with the Committee on General Education as an ex officio member in 2004, did not attend the meeting...
...Bok, who has written widely on curricular reform and recently published "Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More," has said that he will offer his thoughts on general education to the committee if asked, but stressed that he will not impose himself on the process...