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...revealed that Professor Hilton A. Salhanik, now of emeritus status at the School of Public Health (SPH), was given a bit of encouragement on the path toward retirement. That encouragement came in the form of a $250,000 bonus, paid to him in 1996 by then-dean Harvey Fineberg 67, on the condition that he relinquish his full-time position. This use of a financial incentive to encourage a professor's retirement has caused quite a bit of controversy in the ranks of the Faculty. One SPH professor called the practice "morally wrong." However, we believe that...
...bonus is a University record for a lump-sum payment and was the result of negotiations between Salhanick and then-SPH dean Harvey V. Fineberg '67, who is now the provost...
...Salhanick's bonus turned heads across the University, it is important less as a specific case or an indicator of future policy than as an indication of the many tensions confronting an administration eager to be on the cutting edge and older professors hoping to continue their lives' work.Provost Harvey V. Fineberg '67 says the School of Public Health's retirement incentive policy is designed to reflect the individual circumstances of each professor...
...Particular endowments like professorships in areas that are very important to a relatively small number of students, but can still be supported at Harvard, are very important," said Provost Harvey V. Fineberg '67. "Harvard teaches 50 languages. No one student is going to study all 50 languages, but the fact that you have the opportunity to study one of those or two, I think, is a wonderful asset...
...team members are particularly motivated by the fact that they too were once burn victims. Others, like Dr. Harvey Himel, a plastic surgeon on the team, are attracted by a long-term association with the patients. "It's the real partnership with the the patients that I treasure," Himel says. "I always feel that I'm connecting with them." That connection can last for years. Himel follows his patients from their most desperate moments immediately after a burn, through skin grafts, follow-up visits and sometimes through reconstructive and cosmetic surgery...