Word: deanship
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...said that Rosovsky was his first choice to be dean, but officials within the Administration have privately conceded that Rosovsky was the only serious candidate on Bok's list since Gardner E. Lindzey, chairman of the Psychology and Social Relations Department, decided to withdraw from the race for the deanship in order to accept an appointment at the University of Texas...
Before coming to Harvard, Lindzey had served as vice president for Academic Affairs and vice president for Administration at the University of Texas. Because of his extensive administrative experience, he was thought to be a top contender for the permanent deanship vacated by John T. Dunlop...
Lindzey also said that his decision was "totally unrelated" to his consideration for the deanship...
Lindzey, who was professor of Psychology at Texas from 1965 until he became chairman of Texas's Psychology Department in 1968, said the Texas offer would be "more administrative than a chairmanship" but was not a deanship...
Neither man has the deanship sewn up, however, the sources stressed. Bok could always reverse field and opt for a candidate he had previously discarded, or select someone like H. Stuart Hughes, Gurney Professor of History and Political Science, who is believed still in the running, or even pick someone as yet unmentioned...