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...general changes in four areas: the limitation of broad economic risks, the enhancement of consumer and investor protections, the closure of gaps in regulatory oversight, and the global coordination of any actions that are undertaken. The most aggressive of Geithner’s reforms would establish a systemic-risk overseer??possibly the Federal Reserve—that would serve as a super-regulator in charge of making sure no firms took on too much risk. The plan would also raise capital and risk-management standards, ensuring that firms safeguard a larger proportion of their assets to protect against...
...talking to the search committee.” TABLE TALKThe members of the search committee show no sign of taking the summer off.At the Harvard Club of New York last month, two members of the committee—Houghton and outgoing Vassar College President Frances D. Fergusson, an overseer??worked a room of alums to gather input for the search. Houghton and Fergusson discussed the search process and then opened the floor to questions from the 15 to 20 gathered alumni before splitting up into two tables for dinner.“They showed no bias or leaning...
...Armstrong has remained actively involved with the advancement of science in the academic and public sectors. He has served on the National Science Board, the NSF’s board of directors; the National Research Council; the Governing Board of the American Institute of Physics; and the Overseer??s Visiting Committee to Harvard’s Department of Engineering and Applied Science...
...prize, which was established in 1977 by members of the Board of Overseer??s Committee to Visit the Harvard University Library and which is administered through Lamont Library, is awarded annually to undergraduates who have formed the most coherent, promising and thoughtful book collections...
International research is not an intellectual passion of his, Knafel says. But for a time he chaired the Overseer??s Visiting Committee to the Center for International Affairs, a position that put him in contact with the Faculty who use Coolidge Hall and who will use CGIS...