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...with great sadness that we learned that Houghton Professor of Chemistry and Interim Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Jeremy R. Knowles had abruptly stepped down from the deanship for health reasons. Knowles has been a strong presence on campus—be it in the lab, the classroom, or University Hall—for three decades, 11 of them as dean and as interim dean for the past nine months. In that time, he has built up a reputation for strong, yet understated leadership. It is no secret that this page has disagreed with Knowles on matters...
David Pilbeam, currently a senior adviser to the dean of Harvard College, will assume the deanship in Knowles’ absence, Bok wrote in a letter to the FAS community. Knowles’ term was set to end on June...
...Theda Skocpol, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), is also said to be in consideration for the FAS deanship, but her appointment is seen as unlikely, according to the three sources. Skocpol recently announced plans to leave her GSAS post after just two years in office, and some influential FAS professors and administrators have voiced skepticism about her viability for the deanship. A group of 13 professors, however, responding to reports of opposition to her candidacy, recently submitted a letter to Faust praising the GSAS dean for her “transparency, inclusiveness, and creativity...
Twenty years later, when she was offered the GSAS deanship, she had yet again ventured to the forefront of an administrative crisis as an outspoken critic of former University President Lawrence H. Summers. At the vanguard against Summers’ aggressive leadership style and his remarks concerning women and science, she led the Faculty in passing a docket motion censuring Summers’ conduct...
...gently unambiguous,” proved to be the sticking point with many senior faculty members, recalling the strong-willed tendencies of Summers’ tenure. This ultimately led to University President Drew G. Faust voicing doubt about Skocpol’s bid for the FAS deanship and, by many accounts, to Skocpol’s subsequent resignation when she realized her ambitions might not be realized...