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FEBRUAY 16, 2007 President-Elect Faust Is a Wise, Intellectual Choice Faust’s Scholarship Is Both Impressive and Relevant...
Christopher Lacaria is welcome to his opinion (“The Apotheosis of Dr. Faust,” column, Feb. 11) about the selection of Harvard’s new president. But casting aspersions on President-elect Faust’s stunning record of historical scholarship on the Civil War, slave owners, and the political economy of Southern plantation agriculture is a strange response from a student of history at Harvard College. In particular, his derisive citing of Faust’s essay analyzing the impact of the exaggerated scale of deaths during the Civil War?...
...editors: Shame on Christopher B. Lacaria ’09 for his uninformed and anti-intellectual column (“The Apotheosis of Dr. Faust,” Feb. 11) disparaging President-elect Drew Gilpin Faust, whose selection has been greeted by real celebration by those on the more “academic” side of the Harvard spectrum, whether in science or the humanities. Shame, too, on the many undergraduate commentators (visible in The Crimson’s online edition) who make similar comments and claim to be “disappointed” with the selection...
...woman president of Harvard. I’m the president of Harvard." President-elect Drew Gilpin Faust felt the need to make this clarification for a distinct reason: Since her selection, and, indeed, during the entire selection process, most of the press coverage of Harvard’s presidential search has been viewed through a gendered lens...
Harvard’s future recruiting might also benefit from the new leadership in Mass. Hall, Fitzsimmons said. President-elect Drew Gilpin Faust will take the University’s reins on July...