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...think Rudenstine and Fineberg were both very visionary in understanding what Radcliffe could be and could contribute, and I think the important role for the new president is to really try to understand and pursue that vision,” Pendred E. Noyce `77 says. “The role of the president should be to help be a visionary...
Rudenstine doesn’t ask for specific amounts of money. Rudenstine doesn’t beg. Rudenstine explains. Rudenstine muses. Rudenstine charms. And with the aid of Provost Harvey V. Fineberg ’67 and Stone—the other two thirds of the campaign’s core trio—he was damn near irresistible...
...this change hasn’t met with unequivocal approval. Officials on the Board of Overseers, in the central administration and in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences have said they fear the strengthened provost’s office created by Rudenstine and Fineberg has diluted the autonomy of the University’s faculties...
...fall, Stone said the ideal candidate had to have “a science background or, enough of a background in science, to know how important it is to really push forward in that area.” The comment seemed to favor Fineberg, the University and science veteran. To solicit ideas and suggestions, Stone also sent a letter to 300,000 Harvard alumni, faculty, and staff. In it, Stone asked for “your thoughts on the personal and professional qualities it will be most important to seek in a new president, as well as your observations...
From the beginning, certain names came to mind. Within the University, Provost Harvey V. Fineberg ’67, Medical School Dean Joseph B. Martin and Business School Dean Kim B. Clark ’74 were oft-mentioned. Beyond the gates, former Stanford Provost Condoleezza “Condi” Rice, the Dean of Stanford Law School Kathleen M. Sullivan, Nobel Laureate Harold E. Varmus, and a little-known—at least in the academic world—Treasury Secretary named Lawrence H. Summers were considered viable options...