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Jeremy R. Knowles, the chemist who led the Faculty of Arts and Sciences through the 1990s, will move back into University Hall this summer to become the interim dean of FAS.
Incoming Interim President Derek C. Bok made the announcement Monday afternoon, casting Knowles as ideally suited to lead a faculty in transition.
The appointment marks the long-awaited culmination of a search that began when William C. Kirby resigned in January under pressure from University President Lawrence H. Summers. And it leaves the University’s largest school in the hands of two Harvard veterans—Bok, 76, was president...
Knowles, who served as dean of the Faculty from 1991 to 2002, will succeed current Faculty Dean William C. Kirby. Kirby announced his resignation in January under pressure from University President Lawrence H. Summers.
“This is certainly not an outcome that I ever expected,” Knowles said in a statement. “But I care deeply about the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Harvard, and the opportunity to work with President Bok is compelling.?...