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...realizing it. Richard M. Cashin ’75, the former president of Citicorp Venture Capital and a current managing partner at New York-based One Equity Partners LLC, writes in an e-mail that he thinks the agenda is more important than the individual sitting in the president??s office.“It may matter who the salesman is, but it’s mainly the plan that attracts the money,” writes Cashin, who also served on the executive committee of the CUR.Bartels says that he expects the University to select...
...years later, Summers, as Harvard’s president, “made a point of taking aside Jeremy Knowles, then the dean of the faculty of arts and sciences, and asking him to protect Shleifer,” McClintick writes.At the Feb. 7 Faculty meeting that precipitated the president??s demise, Summers—confronted with McClintick’s charges—said he was “not knowledgeable of the facts and circumstances to be able to express an opinion as a consequence of my recusal.” The Harvard Corporation?...
...unexpected benefit. People from every part of the academic community talked to each other about what they saw slipping away. In conversations among professors and nurses, among technicians and police officers, we remembered what made Harvard great—things we too long took for granted. Even as the president??s defenders created the public myth that a handful of lazy leftist professors had brought down a heroic bold thinker, the Faculty talked intensively about what really had gone wrong. Now that we have relearned important lessons about the values of the University, we must not forget them...
...perspective of those faculty members who fought for his ouster, nor will I ever have enough information to offer a definitive judgment on his presidency.But if there is one thing that I am certain about after this whole to-do, it is that Harvard’s next president??whatever other qualities he or she holds—must have the same zeal and care for undergraduates that Larry does. If Larry is a king, as his critics allege, that is the brightest jewel in his crown.Adam M. Guren ’08, a Crimson associate editorial chair...
...College projects that have also received funding from Summers’ office this year include April’s Yardfest, featuring pop artist Ben Folds, the renovations of Loker, the creation of the café in Lamont Library, and the Harvard State Fair last fall.But while the president??s office has stepped up to fund the College’s projects, Summers has suggested frequently that the College needs to find a way to finance its initiatives on its own. “I felt in my years as president that there was a real...