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...small college endowed with little more than the estate of a puritan minister to the rich and powerful academic force it is today. But unlike other important moments in Harvard’s history, there was no pomp and circumstance surrounding this one—only Jack R. Meyer, the man who oversaw the more than five fold growth of Harvard’s riches in just 15 years, walking out of Harvard Management Company’s (HMC) Boston offices for the final time...
Meyer’s departure is not an isolated event—HMC has been hemorrhaging talent as of late. Meyer took 30 of HMC’s roughly 175 employees with him, and his departure is just the latest in a slew of departures by top managers. The exodus has been spurred by both the high level of scrutiny that HMC faces and the fact that the private sector pays better. Both of these factors have been aggravated in recent years by alumni pressure led by seven members of the Class of 1969 who were outraged that some years...
...Meyer Professor of Middle East History E. Roger Owen said that he hopes more classes will be offered next semester with the arrival of a visiting professor in the government department to teach a course on Islam and politics...
...Obviously there’s some anxiety,” Meyer said. “Anytime a person at the top changes, there’s anxiety, but I think people are dealing with...
...interim post was announced alongside the strong returns on Harvard’s investments in fiscal 2005, the temporary leadership structure at HMC seems poised to produce a rockier transition than University officials had first sought—an arrangement that, according to Rothenberg, will include Meyer and his colleagues as advisors “for some time...