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...She’s terrifically qualified, and they chose her because she’s the best person for the job,” said Sheldon Hackney, a former president of the University of Pennsylvania, where Faust was a history professor and director of the university’s women’s studies program...
...University of Pennsylvania has had three women leaders in a row—first Claire M. Fagin as interim president in 1993, followed by Juith Rodin as the Ivy League’s first permanent female president in 1994. Gutmann, whose name appeared on a list of 30 candidates submitted by the search committee to the Harvard Board of Overseers in December, succeeded Rodin at Penn...
...deanship at Radcliffe, friends and colleagues say they have no doubt that Drew Gilpin Faust is ready for the job. “I think she’s maybe the most impressive person I know,” says Steven Hahn, a professor of history at University of Pennsylvania who has known Faust for more than 30 years. “I’d like to see her running the country.” For now, Faust will be leading an institution that is 140 years older than the country.A renowned historian who specializes in 19th century America...
...President-designate Faust must build on her impressive achievements in her earlier roles and on her reputation as a person who is civil, fair-minded, and of unquestioned integrity. At the same time, she must constantly keep in mind that Harvard University is neither The University of Pennsylvania nor Radcliffe and that serving as President is not the same as serving as professor, department chair, or dean...
...most promising candidates from outside Cambridge did not seem interested in Mass. Hall’s corner office: poor timing, the reputation of Harvard’s faculty, the looming giant of Allston, and the intense media scrutiny.The presidents of Brown, Columbia, Duke, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Tufts all denied interest in Harvard’s top job. Some did so with a gust of humor (Duke President Richard H. Brodhead: “What a foolish question. I already have a great job”) and others with a gasp of exasperation (head of Penn Amy Gutmann...