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According to Morton Keller, co-author of Making Harvard Modern, Bok was well aware of the moral implications of Harvard’s investments, but he also felt it his duty to protect the financial stability of the University...
...Derek Bok was very much double-minded about it,” Keller says. “Part of him responded favorably to the idea that there should be a moral dimension [to Harvard’s investment policy...
...Part of him opposed it in the sense that his primary responsibility was to see that the University was affluent and solvent,” Keller continues. “And to get into the business of deciding what was moral and what was immoral in the way of investments was going down a dangerous road...
Historian Keller says he does not believe Pusey’s own beliefs influenced his decisions as president, arguing that Pusey’s legacy rests in his work to make Harvard a more meritocratic institution...
...would say for the most part if you look at his presidency there’s not much reflection of his religiosity in it,” Keller says. “He understood that his job was to see to it that Harvard got the resources to be a great university, and that’s what he worked on. It was as though there were two sides to him, the University president and then the person with his own beliefs, and he kept them pretty well separate...