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Leonard, who will end his eight-year tenure at Harvard next June, when he will leave to assume the presidency of Fisk University, has often played the middle man in Harvard politics, carefully balancing his friendship with Bok against his criticism of University policy and attitudes toward minorities and women...
...already early morning, and a bright full moon was suspended above the center-field flagpole against the black sky, when Carlton Fisk dug in at home to lead off the bottom of the twelfth. When Fisk stroked the ball high toward the Green Monster, the hearts of Red Sox fans from Concord, New Hampshire, to Pawtucket, RhodeIsland, skipped a beat. Was it fair or foul? Ancient Fenway was generous this time: the ball caromed off the foul pole and into fair territory for a home...
Leonard, who has been the University's affirmative action officer since 1971, yesterday accepted the offer of Fisk's Board of Trustees, which last Thursday chose Leonard as the university's next president...
...Howard Bennett, chairman of the Fisk Board of Trustees, said last night he thinks Leonard will "very definitely bring vigorous leadership" to Fisk, and added, "I think he'll be successful in leading the university. I'm impressed with his career and his total exposure to collegiate administration...
...Fisk Board of Trustees accepted the recommendation of a presidential search committee, which had been looking for a Fisk president for over a year. About 1400 students are currently enrolled in the 110-year-old university...