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...Yesterday’s official confirmation, coming three days after The Crimson first reported that the committee had selected Faust, wraps up a presidential search that lasted nearly one year. Her predecessor, Lawrence H. Summers, announced his resignation from the presidency on Feb. 21, 2006, amid clashes with faculty...
...subject of her predecessor, Faust said that of all of former University President Lawrence H. Summers’ qualities, the one she wished she could emulate most were his “sharp analytic skills...
...Hochschild, the Jayne professor of government, said in an interview yesterday.Among the challenges Faust will face in the coming years, professors across FAS said, defining the place of science in the University may be the most difficult—and the most essential.Faust’s controversial predecessor, Lawrence H. Summers, came under fire for, among other things, emphasizing science growth at the expense of other fields. Professor of the History of Science Everett I. Mendelsohn said that Summers “had hitched his wagon to the growth of the natural sciences...
...long she would stay in office, Faust said only that she hoped to have “a long and successful term,” noting Bok’s prediction at an earlier press conference that she would serve 30 or 40 years. On the subject of her predecessor, Faust said that of all of former University President Lawrence H. Summers’ qualities, the one she wished she could emulate most were his “sharp analytic skills.” “Larry has always been very good at identifying problems and analyzing problems...
...Faust, a historian specializing in the American South and the Civil War, signifies a return to the leadership of a career academic. Neil L. Rudenstine, the English scholar who led Harvard through the 1990s, was the last such academic at the helm of the University. Faust’s predecessor, Summers, was a nationally known political figure, having served as secretary of the Treasury. If she is confirmed by the Board of Overseers, many say Faust will bring a style of leadership starkly different from Summers’ supposed abrasiveness. Summers resigned last spring after a series of bruising public...