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...FM: You told the Globe shortly after your resignation that you resigned “very reluctantly.” What was the moment or event that overpowered that strong reluctance? LHS: It was a combination of many things. Now I’m looking forwards, not backwards...
...FM: I hate to give him the satisfaction of getting mentioned in this interview, but Richard Bradley has made a small career doing what he might call watching out for Harvard, but what in effect amounts to preying on you for controversy to sell books. He says you’ve met three times, but have never actually spoken. Do you recall ever meeting him? Can you divine the source of his vendetta against you? LHS: Met-without-speaking is an odd concept. I’m told there are a variety of odd statements in his writings, but frankly...
...FM: Fast-forward one year. You pass [outspoken critic and Weary Professor of Germanic Language and Literature] Judith Ryan in the halls of the Barker Center. What happens? LHS: I hope and trust we’re all looking forwards, not backwards. History judges us all not on what we were against, but on what we were for. I hope all of us in the University will find a way to provide a much better experience than we have in the past for the undergraduates who are both the lost children and the lifeblood of great research universities...
...FM: Can you describe your tenure in three words? LHS: I’ll leave the description and assessment to others. I always thought Harvard’s traditions—the Harvard of common rooms and paintings on walls and House masters—could take care of itself. My job was to be with the Harvard of the future: the undergraduates, the post-docs with their lights on at two in the morning, the assistant professors sending e-mails with 3 a.m. timestamps. It was the future that I tried to be with...
...FM: Yesterday when you spoke to the graduating seniors, many of them reported that you were very funny. Are you usually funny? LHS: I have some stories. I like to tell stories. Sometimes they’re humorous. Sometimes they make a point. But I’ve got no single favorite...