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Today’s meeting comes just days after Thomas R. Cech, a Nobel laureate in chemistry and president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, announced that he had withdrawn his name from consideration for the Harvard presidency. Prior to his surprise withdrawal, Cech was considered a leading candidate for...
For additional coverage of the presidential search: Woman To Take Lead? (Jan. 8, 2007): In its 370-year history, Harvard has never had a female president. But with several women under serious consideration, many wonder if 2007 will be the year that a woman finally takes the helm. Deft Historian...
Cech notified the search committee and Secretary of the University Marc L. Goodheart ’81, who coordinates the administrative aspects of the search, of his decision yesterday morning, according to Howard Hughes spokeswoman Avice A. Meehan. He called The Crimson shortly thereafter, and informed the Howard Hughes community...
And his experience at Howard Hughes also made him an attractive candidate. As the institute’s president he has overseen the construction of a $500-million world-class center for interdisciplinary bioscience research.
Search committee members in recent weeks have spoken particularly highly of Howard Hughes Medical Institute President Thomas R. Cech—who withdrew his name from consideration yesterday—and Radcliffe Institute Dean Drew Gilpin Faust. And as Cech’s announcement yesterday adds new questions to the...