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After a four-and-a-half-year vacancy, the Fletcher University professorship will be filled by Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr., Interim President Derek Bok announced yesterday.Gates joins a prestigious group of 20 other faculty who are University professors.“It’s without a doubt the greatest honor I’ve ever received, and I’m deeply humbled by President Bok’s generosity,” said Gates, who directs the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African-American Research.“This...
Harvard has been a victim of art theft before—including in 1976, when thieves took six paintings worth more than $380,000 from President Derek C. Bok’s Elmwood home. The paintings—including two by French impressionist Eugene Boudin and one by 17th century Dutch painter Gerrit Berckheyde—were recovered the next year, The Crimson reported at the time...
...Knowles, choking up, introduced Bok by saying the Faculty was “privileged and grateful that Derek agreed to be recalled to this venerable place.” Professors responded with extended, rousing applause...
...those warlocks told us to buy two great books: “The Seven Habits of Highly-Effective Teens” by Sean Covey and “Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should be Learning More” by Derek C. Bok. Both have a lot of great tips about picking up girls without coming off as sleazy. Once you’ve perfected yourself, there’s a lot of work to be done right here on campus. House facilities, for example, have extremely discriminatory usage policies...
This week, FM surveyed 100 students to see how many could pick out Interim University President Derek C. Bok from a line-up of three other Harvard professors. After a lot of puzzled looks and embarrassed laughs, here are the results...