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...academic community took notice two weeks ago when Stanford chose a Silicon Valley entrepreneur as its 10th president. John L. Hennessy is currently Stanford's provost. Soon to be the school's first president with an engineering background, he is the co-founder of a successful microprocessor company, MIPS Computer Systems--and he's wealthy enough to never work again...
...addition, Provost Harvey V. Fineberg '67 and President Rudenstine would do well to follow consider another recommendation by the FAS committee--issue an annual financial report to the faculty. Such a report, previously the responsibility of the provost, has not been issued since...
...last report of this kind was published several years ago by then-Provost Albert Carnesale. Huidekoper says that current Provost Harvey V. Fineberg '67 is responsible for deciding to issue such a report...
Hennessy's selection may also be linked to his proven record as a fundraiser--as provost, he recently played a pivotal role in securing a $150 million donation...
Hennessy's colleagues at Stanford say the technology-minded provost will now need to broaden his scope...