Word: candidatees
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When Bok described Clark yesterday, he characterized the corporate law expert as just that type of "strong character." Specifically, Bok said Clark's commitment to high academic standards, along with his interest in legal education, made him an exceptionally qualified candidate to succeed outgoing Dean James Vorenberg '49.
During the 10-month search, professors and students had often urged that Bok choose a moderate candidate who could unite the Law School's hostile political factions. On Thursday, members of the committee said they had told Bok that Clark would be the "most polarizing" of the candidates under consideration...
But Bok, who could not be reached for comment last night, said only last month that he was not looking for a "consensus candidate," as some committee members had urged. He said then that he wanted a strong scholar and leader, someone who would make the faculty put aside its...
When Vorenberg announced his resignation last spring, faculty members said they hoped Bok would pick a conciliatory candidate to take over--a professor who would bring the Law School's factions together.
"There was no sense that he was a leading candidate at all, I think perhaps because he was the candidate...who had shown the most contempt for the traditions of the Law School," Kennedy said. "It's a surprise to me."