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Between now and June, President Lawrence H. Summers will probably announce who will take Jeremy R. Knowles??€™ place as the next Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). Whomever is chosen will have big shoes to fill and large steps to take...
...Knowles??€™ annual letter to the faculty, have traditionally been peppered with timely allusions to Harvard’s past and learned references, which former Dean of the Faculty Henry A. Rosovsky said contributed to Knowles??€™ “great style...
Soon after his arrival, he instituted two informal committees, one on financial resources and one on educational policy, that would engineer dramatic changes—including substantial reductions in concentration requirements and doubling the number of freshman seminars—without any technical authority. Knowles??€™ implicit backing of the committees enabled sizable policy changes to be implemented expeditiously, without bogging down in debate at Faculty meetings...
Other deans have wielded comparable authority, but few have emerged seeming as irreplaceable. Knowles??€™ particular leadership style, in which he acted as puppeteer for loyal lieutenants and committees, has achieved the nearly unthinkable in FAS—most professors are too content with Knowles??€™ achievements to suggest alternative leadership...
...five-month limbo before the resignation takes effect, President Summers is expected to pick Knowles??€™ successor from within FAS, although Faculty and administrators said as of now there are no clear contenders...