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With this constrained focus, the Kellers come to the somewhat structurally rigid conclusion that two changes separate the last 70 years of Harvard history into three distinct eras. First, under the direction of University President James B. Conant 14 (from 1933 to 1953), the University transformed from the Brahmin university of the first third of the 20th century to a meritocratic one. Relying on demographic shifts and the detailed dissection of many of the controversies and developments of the 1930s and 1940s, the Kellers show how the University increasingly embraced the ideal of the best and the brightest, even when...
Harvard’s presidential inaugurations have varied in size and intent. The inaugural events of former University President James B. Conant ‘14 and the university’s tercentennial were for all intents and purposes one and the same. Derek C. Bok’s installation was a modest affair. His successor and Summers’ predecessor, Neil L. Rudenstine, had one of the first grand inaugural galas in memory as he embarked on the first University-wide Capital Campaign...
...seem to be able to do is identify when he’s doing his job wrong, failing to make a splash, to catch our eyes, take stands and learn our names. I have a friend who collects the signatures of Harvard Presidents. His archive includes James B. Conant ’14 (also a Crimson editor) and it includes Increase Mather. That’s impressive. But those characters could assert themselves as educational pioneers, and they lived nearly four centuries apart...
...James B. Conant ’14, the 23rd President of Harvard, was both a leader in national education reform and an international figure, serving as the High Commissioner to Germany under U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Class of 1904, during the final year of his Harvard tenure. Bok was also a prominent national figure, frequently writing op-ed pieces in national newspapers and testifying before Congress...
...support and supervision of these initiatives as well as other University activities prompted Rudenstine to resurrect the position of provost, which had been phased out in 1953 at the end of the tenure of President James B. Conant ’14. The provost position created another level of centralization that was perceived as lessening the power of the deans, who had previously been accountable directly to the president. The inevitable tension that arose between the deans and the office of the provost, which is still considered amorphous by Harvard standards, will be a legacy left to Summers...