Word: preparedness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The players in these struggles were many, from President Derek C. Bok and Dean of the Faculty A. Michael Spence to the executive director of an activist alumni group and the long-disenfranchised junior faculty of the History Department. One long-time figure, Radcliffe President Matina S. Horner, prepared her...
Bok, after nearly two decades in office, also prepared--at least according to some observers--his eventual departure, making deanship appointments at the Law School and Kennedy School and tying up the loose ends of a long tenure.
Characterized by spontaneity, passion and receptivity to his audience, Ocasio's public statements have become a highlight of student demonstrations for hiring reform. Ocasio says that often he goes before crowds with only an outline of an idea rather than a prepared speech, and draws his cues from listeners.
"I think he analyzes well from carefully prepared material," says Stanford University President Donald Kennedy '52, a close friend of Bok. "He's used to working with briefs, and he may have found it's the most effective way to work."
And within the administration, Bok's colleagues are more willing to rely on his judgment because he seems better prepared than other administrators.