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...pm: Faust's remarks end and a loud applause from the audience ensues. As Faust gets teary-eyed, Houghton kisses her on the cheek
...pm: Greeted by the longest applause of the conference, Faust takes the stage. Faust discusses the challenges facing Harvard and the University's expansion into Allston. "Americans sacrifice and struggle to get their children into college or university, yet mock those same institutions as self indulgent, hidebound, badly managed," she says. She says that what Harvard "helps to define the character and meaning of the universities of the 21st century...
...pm: Graham speaks next. Says Faust has taken on "three different hats": shaping the Radcliffe Institute, building up Radcliffe's science focus, and bringing people together to "set shared goals and to work to achieve those goals." Graham says that "Drew is a great teacher" and that she "creates intellectual excitement...
...pm: Bok takes the stage with a long applause from the crowd. After thanking the search committee for the "hard work" which they have "poured into this task," he says that president has to "create an environment which can enable all of the people" who live here and work here "to achieve up to the fullest of their talents." Ends by saying "Drew, you have a wonderful job. Don't let anybody tell you this is an onerous job, that this is a difficult job" and joking he suggested that she might serve for as many...
...pm: Houghton speaks first, calling this a "great and historic day for Harvard." He also says that "she has interests that extend to the whole of the University." Summers was criticized by many for favoring the sciences and his own field of economics...