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Taking the helm of the College at such a troubled time was a selfless gesture on Dunlop’s part, said former University President Derek Bok, as he was not fond of administrative duties...
...gave up two years of his life to helping Harvard through that time,” Bok said...
...time we got to the final discussions, a lot of differences had been sort of hammered out,” Bok says. “What finally came before the faculty really reflected a hammering out of many of those differences...
While faculty prepare to fight over the recently released recommendations of this year’s report, Derek C. Bok, who was University president during the 1979 review, says his review’s first report came after a year of widespread debate and incorporated and reconciled dissenting viewpoints...
Professor of Economics Lawrence F. Katz notes that in recent times, the Harvard president’s role has fluctuated between public figure and internal administrator, noting the prominence of former University Presidents James B. Conant ’14 and Derek C. Bok compared with the relative obscurity of Nathan M. Pusey ’28 and Rudenstine. He added that the Corporation was aware of Summers’ “long history of being engaged with political issues” when they chose...