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In an interview last month, Knowles said that Faust’s chemistry with the next dean should guide her decision.
Jeremy R. Knowles, the chemist who led FAS through the 1990s, returned to University Hall last summer to serve as interim dean until the selection of a permanent FAS leader.
In recent weeks, several top Harvard administrators have expressed particular enthusiasm about Bloxham’s candidacy, the sources said. Last August, Knowles appointed Bloxham to serve as the physical sciences dean, choosing the geophysicist over Huth and other professors, two of the individuals said.
“Deans can always find knowledgeable people to advise them,” wrote Bok, who tapped Knowles to serve as interim dean last spring and appointed two other FAS deans during his years at the helm from 1971 to 1991.
The letter was also copied to other University officials, including President-elect Drew G. Faust, Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles, and Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71.