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...presidents: In the late 19th century Charles W. Eliot, Class of 1853, made some controversial innovations that established the paradigm for the modern university and ensured that this particular school would not just be the oldest in America. It would be the best. Even President Rudenstine’s predecessor, Derek Bok, managed to reshape some important parts of Harvard—he founded the Kennedy School, for example—in a significant fashion. But perhaps this place is now so large that it requires a corporate manager of sorts at its top. Jeremy Knowles, the dean...
...Bell's employment at Harvard came in two stints. In the late 1950s, Bell worked on a predecessor project of the Harvard Institute for International Development. He then returned in 1981 as the Gamble professor of population sciences and international health at the Harvard School of Public Health. He took emeritus status in 1988, but continued to regularly come into work...
...keep them happy. It’s no surprise that he has already popped up at Springfest and in dining halls. (He also understands the need to keep the media happy; he’s already come by The Crimson’s offices once more than his predecessor did in 10 years of service.) Only time will tell if he plans a truly new spirit of openness or if his recent actions are part of a nicely-packaged public relations scheme...
...With 11 faculty members, two administrators, three unionized workers and four students--two undergraduates and two graduates--the new committee represents a dramatic departure from both its predecessor and from other University committees, which almost never include students. McKean and Matthew Milikowsky ’02, selected by the Undergraduate Council, will serve on behalf of the undergraduate body on the committee...
...temper. Rumors abounded of an explosive temper that had cowed and embarrassed underlings at the World Bank and the Treasury Department. It took a phone call from one of Harvard’s most powerful alums, Robert E. Rubin ’60—Summers’ predecessor as Treasury Secretary and now chair of Citigroup—to defuse the question. Rubin called three search committee members personally, reassuring Houghton, Daniel and Stone that the temper was now a non-issue, that Summers’ years in government had softened...