Word: conant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think that Derek has to be realistic in all that he does," says Weinreb. "He's not an ideologue or a banner waver. In a University of ideologues, I guess he does look like a pragmatist."Three presidents: BOK, NATHAN M. PUSEY '28, and JAMES B. CONANT...
These tours operate out of the Holoyoke Center Information Center, whose manager, Barbra Drake, says they originated with an idea of former President James B. Conant '12. Conant "felt that because of the image of the University throughout the United States as an austere place, the President wanted to make some place where people could feel welcome," she explains...
Drake says the tours have changed little since Conant's tenure (1936-52) except for the occasional addition of new landmarks. "There is great interest in that fountain," she says of the recently-installed rock fountain outside the Science Center...
Nathan M. Pusey '28, whom Bok replaced on July 1, 1971, served as president for 17 years. The man Pusey took over from, James B. Conant '14, was in power for 21 years...
Both Pusey and Conant went on to other careers after their lengthy tenures Pusey serving as head of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in New York City and Conant as High Commissioner to Germany...