Word: o
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...find yourself having to provide more information on alternatives than you typically would like to," says former Vice President for Financial Affairs Thomas O'Brien. "He doesn't want to just know your conclusions--he likes to know how you got there...
...Derek gets his information best by reading, and he knows that," O'Brien says. "He's always been quite a stickler for getting things in writing. That requires a degree of thoughtfulness that is unusual. He doesn't like to handle issues in passing...He must have a deep-seated concern for ever seeming unprepared...
...When you've got someone in his position that you've got a lot of confidence in, he has a great deal of autonomy," O'Brien says...
...Derek earns more respect than warmth and affection," O'Brien says. "I've never quite worked around anyone who was as free of gossip. Personalities were never something that fascinated him, as they almost always are in a university...
...does not want to expose Harvard to misinterpretation," O'Brien says. "He is very, very leery of being misunderstood, and is willing to accept all sorts of brickbats about aloofness and coldness in order to avoid that...