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...development process. Rockefeller had planned to give this donation to the university under former University President Lawrence H. Summers, who shared Rockefeller’s vision and dedication towards international study. But after Summers’s departure, Rockefeller withheld his gift from Interim President Derek C. Bok. His decision to give under Faust, and his tailoring of the project to Faust’s own interest in the arts, is an indication of Rockefeller’s belief in the current University president. It is important that the University has a president and administration that donors believe will...
...Dear Sir Martian Overload President...” 11. Henry A. Kissinger ’50, just sitting quietly in a rocking chair. 12. Supply of tequila for upcoming “Presidential Thirsty Thursday.” 13. A portrait of former University President Derek C. Bok, aging. 14. Thousands upon thousands of women in science. 15. Misplaced supply of Mass Hall dignity and clout...
...even be considered for tenure for another three years. In March of last year, sociology professor Jason A. Kaufman ’93, who is currently Head Tutor of the sociology department, was denied tenure. At the time, a departmental e-mail blamed then-University President Derek C. Bok for rejecting Kaufman. Kaufman will be leaving Harvard at the end of this academic year. Kaufman told The Crimson in March 2007 that “Harvard is unusual in the degree to which official departmental recommendations can be overturned by the University authorities.” Kaufman did not return...
...Don’t Tell” policy, which Harvard considers discriminatory, and is not deemed an official Harvard organization. Harvard students involved with ROTC conduct their exercises with a battalion at MIT. Last year, neither Faust, who had not yet taken office, nor then-Interim President Derek C. Bok attended the ceremony. Their absence drew criticism from student groups at Harvard and from the Wall Street Journal. A June 8, 2007 editorial in the Journal wrote that ROTC has been “mostly spurned by the school’s administration,” and that their...
...Bok lost his sparring partner in April 2007, but Knowles assured the Faculty that he would return speedily...