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...Derek C. Bok was appointed the University’s new president. Bok, a friend of Dunlop’s and a fellow Belmont resident, was reluctant to occupy 17 Quincy St. (now Loeb House), then the president’s official residence, for several reasons: construction of Pusey Library was underway, creating a large hole in the residence’s backyard, and, more importantly, student protests at the house had led to serious security concerns for Bok and his young family...
Aware of Bok’s reluctance, Dunlop offered Bok the use of Elmwood, provided that Dunlop could use at least the first floor of 17 Quincy St. for entertaining instead. Bok happily agreed...
...know the paltry offerings Harvard gives us for student social space. There’s the always-deserted Loker Commons, where at 9 p.m. the space houses only the pull-down metal gates covering the signs for A.J.’s Grill and Bok Choy. Of course, Loker is always home to the fun-loving Math Question Help Center, and it can provide a bit of divertissement from hard work—one can always stare at the hypnotic, nonsensical color swirls on the black screen in back...
...somewhat appropriate then that the authors title the section on the presidencies of Derek C. Bok and Neil L. Rudenstine A Buzzing Confusion. Though a reference to William James description of how the mind is organized, it also describes the authors difficulty with projecting this concept of worldliness over the developments of the period. In a way, worldliness makes good sense. Taken to mean the internationalization and outward looking nature of the university, the demographics and the anecdotal evidence are fairly solid. Taken to mean a focus on diversity, political correctness and similar shifts, worldly Harvard is something that students...
University presidents have in the past been crucial players in reforms to the College, which operates as an independent unit within the University. Derek C. Bok, who served as president throughout the 1970s and 1980s, worked with then-Dean of the Faculty Henry Rosovsky to form the Core Curriculum...