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...Rudenstine appointed a black woman, Linda Darling-Hammond, as dean of the Graduate School of Education. After first accepting the position, however, Darling-Hammond turned it down before taking office...
Besides Darling-Hammond's appointment, Rudenstine has filled the deanships of all Harvard's schools except the Law School and appointed three provosts. Every one of these appointments has been a white male...
...that time, the construction of Lowell House was in its finishing stages and plans for a clocktower were altered to accommodate the carillon. When the bells finally arrived, an enigmatic man called Saradjeff arrived with them to oversee their installation and playing. He is vividly described by Mason Hammond in a 1936 document preserved in the Harvard University Library. Saradjeff was supposed to be a genius of ringing--a tortured but prolific composer of carillons with an ear tuned to the exact pitch of bronze. His face had been horribly disfigured during the war. He spoke no English...
...fact, in 1992 Rudenstine did offer the deanship of the Graduate School of Education to a woman, Columbia Teacher's College professor Linda Darling-Hammond...
...Darling-Hammond first accepted the position, but turned it down before taking office...