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...February 1981, MIT fraternity Pi Lambda Phi organized a joke march through Harvard Square calling for the reinstatement of capital punishment for gay people. The march left a trail of severed lambs’ heads attached to leaflets with fake quotations, including one attributed to University President Derek C. Bok, which read, “Homosexuals at Harvard? It’s just not preppy.”Benjamin H. Schatz ’81, who was then president of the GSA, recalls a very intimidating atmosphere.“It was a very scary time...
...Rouhani says. One of his classmates, for instance, was the daughter of a former minister who was then in prison. “They wanted to make sure she could continue studying without any financial issues,” Rouhani says.He also remembers that University President Derek C. Bok sent him a personal letter advising him to contact the president’s office with any problems. AN UNCERTAIN STATUS But University support could not smooth over all of the Iranian students’ worries. “They didn’t know what happened to their country...
...Rosenkrantz, and economist Hendrik S. Houthakker—found, in a 2-1 decision, that sexual discrimination influenced the department’s refusal to tenure Skocpol.In August 1981, when Skocpol had already taken a one-year position at the Princeton-affiliated Institute for Advanced Study, then-University president Derek C. Bok announced that he would oversee a three-year review of Skocpol’s work before considering extending her an offer of tenure. Skocpol assumed a tenured position at the University of Chicago beginning in 1983.Completing its review, the University extended an offer of tenure to Skocpol...
...bind.“Friday facing the Saturday paper I was absolutely wiped out when just at lunchtime I got a call from someone I had known slightly who was on the Board of Overseers and he says, ‘We’ve just chosen Derek Bok to be the president, but I can’t tell you you’ve got to find it out for yourself,’” Rosenthal recalls. “I sure don’t want to do that again...
...behind a character for a short period," says Bob Cook, president of Twentieth Television, the development and production unit of Fox. Cook has adapted two telenovelas to air in September: Table for Three, a love triangle involving two brothers in a Mafia family, and Fashion House, starring Bo Derek as the powerful queen of a fashion empire. Each show will air daily for 13 weeks, with recap episodes on the weekends...