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...pedigree of those offering remembrances at today’s service reflected the standing in University that Knowles gained in his nearly 12 years as FAS dean: University President Drew G. Faust and former University President Neil L. Rudenstine were among those offering remarks, as well as Hanna H. Gray, a former member of the Harvard Corporation. Internationally renowned cellist Yo Yo Ma ’76 performed a selection from Bach, Knowles’ musical icon, for whom one of his sons—Sebastian—was named...
...Jeremy took me on as a project,” said Faust, who worked with Knowles while serving as the dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Faust went on to recall that her lessons in the leadership from the venerable dean tended to take place in close proximity to a bottle of wine, and singled out one of his first instructions: “Deans don’t do laundry...
...Faust also mentioned Knowles’ “legendary red pen,” and the appraising eye that the dean brought to the affairs of the Faculty...
...Drew, he often said, with his eyebrows raised, I shall be beastly,” Faust said, recalling the lead-up to one of the former dean’s criticisms. Rudenstine related a remark from one of Knowles’ sons, who said that he “never saw anybody try so hard to minimize the detritus of entropy...
...Harvard should not risk losing the opportunity to award Senator Ted Kennedy an honorary degree. His contributions to Harvard, Massachusetts, and the United States are simply too great to go unrecognized. In light of his recent diagnosis, we hope that President Faust and her fellow members of the governing boards will call his name at Tercentenary Theater this year...