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...educated scientist is also renowned for his dry wit—which, even after 33 years at Harvard, Knowles still delivers in a refined British accent.Accepting Bok’s appointment in a letter to colleagues on Monday, Knowles began: “In the light of his own generous decision, it was, of course, impossible for me to look President Bok in the eye and say ‘No.’”Knowles first took the Faculty’s helm in 1991 under then-University President Neil L. Rudenstine, inheriting an $11.7 million budget...

Author: By Daniel J. T. Schuker and Anton S. Troianovski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Beloved Brit to Reprise Role as FAS Dean | 5/24/2006 | See Source »

Accepting Bok’s appointment in a letter to colleagues on Monday, Knowles began: “In the light of his own generous decision, it was, of course, impossible for me to look President...

Author: By Daniel J. T. Schuker and Anton S. Troianovski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Beloved Brit Is Back in the Spotlight | 5/23/2006 | See Source »

...GENEROUS INSTITUTIONALIST?...

Author: By Daniel J. T. Schuker and Anton S. Troianovski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Beloved Brit Is Back in the Spotlight | 5/23/2006 | See Source »

...didn’t escape my notice that I might be vulnerable to an approach, so of course I assembled self-interested arguments against that,” Knowles said. “It’s hard, when faced with such a generous institutionalist like President Bok, not to feel the same...

Author: By Daniel J. T. Schuker and Anton S. Troianovski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Beloved Brit Is Back in the Spotlight | 5/23/2006 | See Source »

...epithets and move on. However, his writing has been critically lauded. “Lanark” is one of Gray’s most famous—and best—works to date. Dedicated readers who accept the novel’s quirks can expect swift and generous returns from the skilled hand of a unique and powerful writer...

Author: By Catherine L. Tung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Vintage Bookends: Duncan Thaw’s Excellent Adventure | 5/23/2006 | See Source »

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