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Besides gaining a new dean, the Design School is also acquiring a new chairman of the Architecture Department, the post the McCue is vacating. Henry N. Cobb '46, a founding partner in the New York firm of I.M. Pei & Partners and chief architect of Boston's John Hancock Tower, will assume the post in July with the intention of establishing new courses in the GSD in revitalizing buildings. "Older buildings embody certain cultural values; they are a statement about our past that should enrich our lives," Cobb says, adding, "We don't have to destroy our past to prepare...
...While McCue moved swiftly to excise CRP, he is encouraging a slow and cautious development of the new program. He says, "I've been trying to get the faculty not to arrive at decisions too quickly. Right now, I'm trying to see how many interesting ideas and alternatives we can bring out." The Design School's new dean has already shown himself to be very willing to make the bold decisions. And what about the future? McCue only says, "I have a few embryonic ideas. Call me back this summer...
...Maurice D. Kilbridge stepped aside as dean of the Graduate School of Design (GSD) to make room for Gerald M. McCue, professor of Architecture and Urban Design. In May, Henry N. Cobb '46, a founding partner in the I.M. Pei firm, agreed to replace McCue as chairman of the GSD's Architecture Department...
...School dean conceded several months ago, "At first blush, our reaction was, 'Look, we're full up. We don't need this.'" However, between the time Bok suggested the transfer in November and his formal announcement in February, both Allison and his counterpart at the GSD, Gerald M. McCue, had come to accept enthusiastically the President's proposition. Philosophically, all participants in the operation now agree that the activities of CRP had grown to resemble those of the K-School more than those of the GSD. Moreover, the move will allow McCue to refocus his programs on more traditional physical...
...November, President Bok launched the idea with a trial balloon and three months later he informed Graham T. Allison Jr. '62, dean of the K-School and Gerald M. McCue, dean-designate of the GSD, that the transfer had become a reality...