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With the selection of Radcliffe Dean Drew Gilpin Faust as Harvard’s next president, half of the Ivy League’s schools will now be led by women. If the Overseers approve Faust, she will join Shirley M. Tilghman of Princeton University, Ruth J. Simmons of Brown University, and Amy Gutmann ’71 of University of Pennsylvania...
...lips for weeks, and in recent days she has been the clear frontrunner in the search for Harvard’s 28th leader. Though leading the University will represent a significant leap from her deanship at Radcliffe, friends and colleagues say they have no doubt that Drew Gilpin Faust is ready for the job. “I think she’s maybe the most impressive person I know,” says Steven Hahn, a professor of history at University of Pennsylvania who has known Faust for more than 30 years...
Former Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine said in an interview from Puerto Rico Friday evening that he "couldn't be happier" about the choice of Drew Gilpin Faust to be president...
...rumors of Drew Gilpin Faust’s selection as University president circulated yesterday, reporters attempting to confirm the story encountered unreturned phone calls, repeated “no comments,” and closed doors. The staff at the Radcliffe Institute, where Faust is currently dean, remained mum, though four staff members were seen milling in front of Faust’s office shortly before the workday ended. Standing in a group, rather than working at their desks, their demeanor suggested that something had happened during the day, but all refused to comment. Radcliffe’s official spokeswoman...
With the nomination of Drew Gilpin Faust as the 28th president of Harvard University, the lengthy, largely secretive process has come to at an end. Whatever one thought of the Summers era and its ending, those who love Harvard are grateful to interim President Derek C. Bok for his calm, steady, and productive stewardship. Now that the Faust era will shortly begin, it is timely to reflect on the opportunities and challenges that confront our new president. As a student of leadership, who has had the opportunity to observe universities, and especially Harvard, over the decades, I would like...