Word: lewises
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But if the past three years have seen Lewis act more conservatively, focusing on gradual change and defending existing policies, Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles says this role is appropriate and important.
Student leaders say that Lewis' focus on education and academic life at Harvard have had a quiet influence over the success or failure of student-driven proposals.
A lifelong academic who studied his way to a summa cum laude College degree during the tumultuous '60s, Lewis says he evaluates all projects in light of their contribution to the College's educational mission.
"There are controversies all the time and I've always tried to address every one of these issues by pulling them back to `What is our educational mission here?'" Lewis says.
Lewis is the only one of seven deans of the College since the 1940s to also be a professional academic--the other was dean-professor May, who is now Warren Professor of American History.