Word: derek
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...time when concerted protest action brought about change. Of course protest continues, now centered on the contemporary cause of divestment. Other issues, including the quality of undergraduate education and the plight of the junior faculty have also divided the administration and students. But unlike 1969, the corporate governance of Derek Bok has become so consumately protective of the institution that even initiatives from the top routinely meet with rejection or stagnation. The University has become expert at resisting pressure of any kind from any quarter, maintaining its defenses against siege. As Harvard passes its 350th year, those who preside over...
CORNELL (80): Dean Kartsonas 3-2--8; Greg Gilda 6-0--12; Wolfgang Florin 3-2--9; Derek Williams 0-0--; Bryan Colangelo 1-0--2: Josh Wexler 2-3--7; James Paul 2-0--4; Mike Millane 2-6--10; Sam Jacobs 2-0--4; Mike Pascal 0-0--0; John Bajusz...
Third, divestment candidates, though not explicitly committed to broad reforms, necessarily will work to reestablish to board's influence in the vital area of finance. President Derek C. Bok and the six other members of the Corporation control virtually every aspect of the $715 million budget and $4 billion endowment. In order even to call divestment to a vote, Overseers would have to investigate and to assume increased responsibility for Harvard's purse, limiting to some extent the self-perpetuating Corporation's primary source of power. Although Bok includes Overseers in some of the financial decisions facing the University, divestment...
Rosovsky, who was appointed to the Corporation last year and is currently filling in for the vacationing Derek C. Bok, said he did not think the mistake was a laughing matter...
Since his decision to remain in Cambridge, Riesman has remained busy as ever. Besides researching academic institutions, he serves on the executive board of the Kennedy School and has taken an active role on President Derek C. Bok's panel on evaluating teaching. In 1984, he served on a national commission working to strengthen university presidential leadership...