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Just weeks earlier, however, the appointment was far from certain. As late as January, several members of the search committee were unsure whether Faust, the founding dean of the the University’s smallest academic unit, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, was capable of leading an institution of...
The committee had courted the Nobel Prize-winning chemist Thomas R. Cech, head of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, as a viable outside contender. The group expected to spend the end of January and February contemplating the choice between Cech and Faust, but their hopes of a relaxed deliberation came...
Even before Commencement 2006, Faust had quietly gained early support from some committee members who admired her deft handling of budget cuts and administrative overhauls as she established a research institute at the site that once housed Radcliffe College. Privately, Houghton praised Faust’s ability to calm concerned...
Another scientist, Broad Institute Director Eric S. Lander, was considered seriously by the committee in December, according to two individuals close to committee members.
Among Faust’s supporters were Neil L. Rudenstine, who led Harvard as president from 1991 to 2001 and had made her the first dean of the Radcliffe Institute, the think tank on Garden Street. Rudenstine, who strongly urged the committee to pick Faust toward the end of the...