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...Justices John Paul Stevens, Stephen G. Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and David H. Souter joined Kennedy's opinion, against a conservative minority led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. as well as Samuel A. Alito Jr., Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas...
...heard of the disinvitation of even one invited speaker, much less three. In 2002, Harvard’s Department of English invited Tom Paulin—Oxford professor and one of the finest living British poets—to speak, but promptly disinvited him after then-University President Lawrence H. Summers expressed disapproval of Paulin’s criticisms of Israel. Though the Department later voted to reverse the disinvitation, Paulin has never come to campus. In 2005, DePaul historian Norman G. Finkelstein, who has both sharply criticized Israeli military conduct and accused Harvard Law School Professor Alan M. Dershowitz...
...this from the recent ouster of University President Lawrence H. Summers. Summers showed a certain, perhaps laudable, creativity in making enemies among the faculty (for after all he wanted to reform things), but those he offended the most were the feminists (male as well as female). They detected his opposition, then revealed it, crushed it, and installed one of their own, University President Drew G. Faust, to replace him as President. Here was a display of dominance rarely seen at Harvard, which usually prefers to veil its changes of regime. How it happened is not yet clear, but that...
...deal of respect for engineering,” Venky said. “You cannot do great science without great engineering.”In 2005, Venky first announced that he would step down from his position as dean the following year. But when both former University President Lawrence H. Summers and Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby left their positions, Venky decided to stay on as dean an extra year to lead the transition from division to the school.“After 10 years, no matter how well you’re doing, it?...
...Himself a champion of unification, former University President Lawrence H. Summers made his mark by launching initiatives like the consolidation of donor information from the different schools to facilitate central fundraising, but he was prone to eschew consensus decision-making in favor of speedier directives...