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Alongside the breaking news article announcing Conant's resignation, The Crimson ran a one-column story that began, "Harvard's next president will...
Nonetheless, members of the University community were surprised when Conant resigned on Jan. 12, 1953 to accept President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower's offer to become the U.S. High Commissioner to Germany...
Moments after Conant announced his resignation, waves of speculation flooded the Yard. Students, faculty, and staff alike wondered whom the Harvard Corporation--the University's chief governing body--would select as a replacement...
presidential selection process, Harvard students did not hesitate to voice their opinions. After Conant announced his resignation, one student climbed a tree and vowed not to descend until Eliot House Master John Finley was chosen...
Eisenhower's election as U.S. President in 1952 not only left a vacancy in the Harvard presidency, it also set the atmosphere in which the Corporation would need to select Conant's successor...