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University officials announced Wednesday that J. Bryan Hehir, the Divinity School's interim leader for the past eight months, will become the school's permanent head, making him the first Roman Catholic ever to hold the position at Harvard...
...Hehir will succeed Dean Ronald F. Thiemann, who stepped down last fall after University computer technicians found pornography on his computer. Divinity School policy prohibits storing material that is "inappropriate, obscene, bigoted or abusive" on University computers and limits computer use to activities "related to the School's mission of education, research and public service...
While previous heads of the Divinity School have held the title of Dean, Hehir will instead be called Chair of the Divinity School Executive Committee. Hehir said he and Rudenstine selected the title because Hehir will retain significant pastoral commitments and share administrative responsibilities...
...commitment I feel I owe my own ecclesiastical community, so we designed the position so it made that possible," said Hehir, who will run the school with the help of a group of senior administrators and associate deans. "We don't want in any way to skimp on the amount of time and effort that it takes to do this job," Hehir said...
Students met with acting Dean J. Bryan Hehir Wednesday to voice their concerns and ask any questions...