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...Even in the early spring, Harvard’s power players wondered who the outgoing Radcliffe dean would select to lead Harvard’s flagship school...
...This is the second time in two years that faculty members anticipate the appointment of a permanent dean. In the wake of Kirby’s January 2006 forced resignation—an event that contributed to Summers’s fall weeks later—professors assisting in the search for Kirby’s replacement wanted a long-lasting leader who could bring a renewed vision to the office...
...Adding to the unfortunate situation was the revelation that Faust offered the position to the British geophysicist Jeremy Bloxham—divisional dean for the physical sciences—who rejected her offer...
...This has only increased the time pressure on Faust, as the process of selecting a dean requires a long courtship, University leaders past and present...
...President-designate Faust and whomever is the next dean are going to have to be able to quarrel with each other for the next 10 years. They are going to have to trust each other and like each other to make it work,” Pilbeam said...