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Patricia A. King, a Georgetown professor who helped pioneer the study of bioethics and law, was elected yesterday as the first African-American woman on the Harvard Corporation, the University’s top governing board.King will replace Conrad K. Harper, the board’s first black male, who resigned in August amid growing discontent with University President Lawrence H. Summers’ comments on women and minorities. In a telephone interview yesterday from her office at the Georgetown Law Center, King said, “In my experience, times like these and troubles like these can often lead...
Patricia A. King, a Georgetown professor who helped pioneer the study of bioethics and law, was elected today as the first African-American woman on the Harvard Corporation, the University’s top governing board...
King will replace Conrad K. Harper, the board’s first black male, who resigned in August amid growing discontent with University President Lawrence H. Summers’ comments on women and minorities. In a telephone interview today from her office at the Georgetown Law Center, King said, "In my experience, times like these and troubles like these can often lead to positive outcomes...
...think it’s a tribute to all of us as individuals, as well as to diversity. It reflects the changes in higher education since I was in law school and since I first became a professor." She graduated from Harvard Law School in 1969 and joined the Georgetown Law faculty...
...worked as a lawyer in the federal government after graduating from the Law School, and served as deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s civil division from 1980 to 1981. Since taking her appointment at Georgetown, King has served on several national and government advisory groups studying biomedical issues ranging from genetic research to experimentation on human subjects...