Word: legacyism
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And the day after, Rudenstine will return to Mass. Hall with the largest endowment in higher education, the bulliest pulpit in American academia and no more excuses. With the campaign over, he will have face up to a legacy deficit: Harvard's 26th president will be richer than God and...
Coda: The Legacy Thing
Second, by building his entire legacy inboardroom cooperation, Rudenstine has made hisachievements vulnerable to consensus--where afuture president and more independent-minded cropof deans could easily sweep it away.
His decision to make change privately andindirectly, allowing others to mold and takecredit for actions he begins, may make Rudenstineeasy to forget. From his leadership style andplans for the future, it seems that thepresident's legacy deficit is not likely to changeanytime soon.
"And anyone whom he or she beget shall inherit this legacy and so be guaranteedadmission, even unto the hundredth generation," heconcluded.