Word: gergen
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When Summers first heard the news of the leak, he was “upset and angry,” according to David R. Gergen, a Kennedy School professor and former adviser to four U.S. presidents who had informally counseled Summers during his term in Mass. Hall. Prior to the luncheon, Summers had asked Gergen—who was also in Davos—to help strategize ways to restore dignity to Kirby’s departure “without further poisoning the waters,” according to Gergen...
...realized instantly that there might be enormous damage not only with his relationship with Kirby but in the governance of the University,” Gergen says...
...felt it important that he not speak to a wide circle,” says Gergen, who adds that he was not consulted before the resignation...
...Gergen says he believes Summers first began to entertain the possibility of resignation in the days following the Feb. 7 Faculty meeting...
...addition to speaking at Class Day, She will also be awarded the Radcliffe Institute Medal on Radcliffe Day this Friday. Recent Class Day speakers at HLS include CNN talk show host Larry King, White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales, now the U.S. attorney general, and former presidential adviser David Gergen, now a Kennedy School professor.—Staff writer Johannah S. Cornblatt can be reached at jcornbl@fas.harvard.edu...