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Professor of Anthropology Peter T. Ellison, whowas in 1997 one of two associate deans appointedby Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles toconvene ad hoc tenure committees, was responsiblefor Berkowitz's committee. Ellison refused tocomment for this article; his choice of scholarsis one of Berkowitz's grievances.
Lastly Knowles, himself an award winning chemist, says "We must make some real investments in science." Exactly what shape those "investments" will take is not yet clear. Knowles says they might be buildings, but will probably also focus on strengthening new fields, like genomics.
In reality, about half of Knowles's $40 million is in "restricted" funds-limited to a particular purpose. The library system and the Athletics Department are two areas within FAS that will receive several million dollars out of their own restricted funds. The other $20 to $25 million may be...
Last year, Harvard spent 3.3 percent of itsendowment income, a figure Jeremy R. Knowles, deanof the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, calls "jollylow."
The change was made, according to Knowles, fortwo reasons: to improve the quality of students'education and to improve the opportunity forfaculty research.