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Others, however, did leave their posts in the aftermath of the uproar. Cowles Professor of Anthropology Peter T. Ellison stepped down from his administrative post as dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences last spring, and Harvard Corporation member Conrad K. Harper left the governing board in July 2005, saying he “could no longer support” Summers...
...early April, that dean, Peter T. Ellison, met with the Caucus of Chairs, an informal group of department heads. He described how earlier last year, Summers had considered shifting some of the graduate school’s power over Ph.D. programs to the Office of the Provost, in the central administration...
...Ellison said that Summers pledged to release a letter stating that the Ph.D proposal would not be carried out. That letter never appeared...
...protest, Ellison resigned last February...
After being briefed by Ellison, a member of the Caucus—Classics Department Chair Richard F. Thomas—asked Summers at the April 12 Faculty meeting whether the president had “been contemplating or conducting even preliminary discussions” about shifting control of Ph.D. programs...