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...graduate of Stanford, Bok studied for his Law degree at Harvard where he became a friend and somewhat protege to Kingman Brewster, then a professor at the Law School. As a law professor and dean Bok has almost coincidentally developed the right friends in the right places: Brewster, Archibald Cox and John Dunlop (with whom he co-authored books), professors in the Kennedy School of Government and Economics Department where he was an associate, and most important Overseers and Corporation members-many of whom take a special interest and pride in the Law School as alumni...
Varicusly described as forthright, controversial, dynamic, God, a grandstander, and whatever other names might be applied to Kingman Brewster...
...bring all major news media to his office in less than an hour. In the last few years, his controversies have been well-chosen and he has almost always come out on the right side. Consequently, he has the same standing among younger interns in his hospital that Brewster has at Yale. His run-in with Nixon over being appointed and then dis-appointed as assistant secretary for health and scientific affairs only bolstered his reputation with liberals in the medical profession...
Still, Knowles is qualified by even the most rigid criteria. And if the Corporation is looking for a Kingman Brewster who has proven he can survive in less serene settings than New Haven, Knowles' honesty both about his opinions and his own ambitions cannot be overlooked. To his name, add "dark horse...
...crucial question for the Corporation will be whether to install a strong, outspoken leader like Yale's Kingman Brewster, or a more "corporate" figure. It is said that the last strongman President. Pusey's predecessor James L. Conant, was often at odds with the Corporation...