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...gift will also allow eight students from mainland China and Hong Kong, nominated by their schools, to attend Harvard’s two-year master’s degree programs. Already, seven candidates have been chosen for next fall...
...overturn the committee’s choice. Harvard will then have named its 28th president.DEMANDING A VOICE As with many of Harvard’s institutions, the presidential search is rooted in tradition.The 1650 that charter that founded the College states the president of the University is to be chosen by the Corporation with the counsel and consent of the Board of Overseers.The highly-secretive search has changed little over the years, save the addition of three overseers to the search committee in 1990.The process is as unique as it is enduring. According to Judith Block McLaughlin, a senior lecturer...
...From the archives, we learned that social club members benefit from their alumni network both in terms of job opportunities and donations. We learned that club members sometimes like to drink alcohol. (Scandal!) And we learned that the club’s punch process, during which new members are chosen, relies less on any nebulous measurement of “merit” and more on the social adeptness of prospective members. In short, the archives confirmed everything that everyone already knew about Harvard’s social clubs. If anything, I was impressed by how cordial and respectful this...
...representative of the private sector—not a public official. A committee composed of four elected students from the Class of 2006 then narrowed down the list of possible speakers to 10, before choosing Paulson at the end of March. That was two months before Paulson was chosen as the next man to sign his name on the dollar bill. Paulson joined the Chicago office of Goldman Sachs in 1974. The investment banker rose through the ranks of the famous firm to become its top officer in 1999. Paulson will be succeeded by Lloyd C. Blankfein...
...wary that the University—already engaged in numerous construction projects in Cambridge—will stretch its resources too thin once it begins construction.A major capital campaign originally set to launch in 2006 was delayed last spring and is unlikely to begin before a new president is chosen, an acknowledgment that major donors will be reluctant to commit resources without knowing who will be at the helm.“It is traditional to have conducted a major fundraising campaign before starting out on a project as large as Allston,” Mendelsohn says...