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...considered quite surprising by some when Bok was appointed because he wasn't a graduate of the college, the same for Neil Rudenstine," Carnesale said...
...Derek C. Bok, by then the lame-duck president of the University, had embarked on a visionary program during his time in Mass. Hall, seeking to unify the famously decentralized branches of the University and spread Harvard's operations around the globe...
...this took money, however, and the economy was not then performing at today's breakneck pace. With Bok's departure, a new president, one who would be able to fill the University's dwindling coffers, was needed. From the ranks of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation emerged Rudenstine...
...leaves the field with the bands all playing," said Derek C. Bok, former Harvard president. "I congratulate him on a job well done...
...Bok, who has himself been in a similar situation, said "he has more than earned the opportunity to enjoy life in a somewhat different way than being the president of Harvard allows...