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...ceremony included eulogies from the three Harvard presidents who served after Pusey—Derek C. Bok, Neil L. Rudenstine and University President Lawrence H. Summers—in one of a handful of times in Harvard’s history that three presidents have gathered together to speak at the same event...
Abernathy recalled that, in 1970, then-University President Derek C. Bok wanted to hold a black-tie banquet at the Faculty Club just to see Carrier wearing a tie and jacket...
...might be well to recall that more than a decade ago, when a group of alumni managed to elect Archbishop Desmond Tutu to the Board of Overseers as part of a campaign to persuade Harvard to divest its South African holdings, the response of then-President Derek C. Bok was to change the rules for electing Overseers so that no one like Tutu would be elected in the future. Once Nelson Mandela was released, of course, Harvard embraced him with an honorary degree and all the other trappings of recognition...
...increased TF training is an absolutely critical priority; it must be increased from its inadequate level. All Harvard teaching fellows should be required to pass a course on how to lead a Harvard undergraduate section—such as those currently offered on a volunteer basis at the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning—before being allowed to instruct students. If this were enforced, TFs would actually have classroom teaching experience under their belts, rather than being recruited the day before class starts...
Historically, however, the dean search has moved more slowly. Former University President Derek C. Bok spent nine months searching for a new dean, and it took 18 months for former President Nathan M. Pusey ’28 to select a new dean...