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Accepting Bok’s appointment in a letter to colleagues on Monday, Knowles began: “In the light of his own generous decision, it was, of course, impossible for me to look President Bok...
...appointment marks the long-awaited culmination of a search that began when William C. Kirby resigned in January under pressure from University President Lawrence H. Summers. And it leaves the University’s largest school in the hands of two Harvard veterans—Bok, 76, was president for two decades, and Knowles, 71, led FAS for 11 years...
...When Bok took over the dean search after the Harvard Corporation tapped him as interim president in February, he left open the option of appointing a permanent dean rather than a temporary...
Reflecting on his decision to appoint an interim dean, Bok said Monday, “I think you should only appoint a permanent dean, when you’re interim president, if there is a very strong consensus choice—when you can actually say that it would be almost certain that the next president would want this person as dean...
...long he expects to serve as interim dean, Knowles said, “I devoutly hope and believe that the acting careers of President Bok and myself will be short...