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...some ways, that may be the most important thing a President does in this institution. In the course of this year, we have appointments to make of deans in the schools of Education and Public Health; a successor to Polly Bunting at Radcliffe; the possible appointment of a provost; a dean of the College; and, in all probability, there will be more than one House Master vacancy to be filled. Each one of these appointments takes an extraordinary amount of time. There are, of course, many other things we're interested in and are going to study actively. I have...
...than the deficits in the two preceding years, although certainly not on the massive proportions of the Columbia deficit. But I think we are experiencing a process which has gone on at other universities and which was well described in great detail, with many graphs and figures, by the provost of Princeton, Bill Bowen, who appropriately enough is an economist...
...PROVOST: "I'm going to sit back and try to figure out where my major needs are, where I feel most in need of being complemented." If he thinks a provost is necessary, Bok will appoint one. "But it clearly will be someone not in a hierarchical position in any way...not a box on an organizational chart beneath me through whom everyone must pass in order to get his business done...
...Second, I will be in a better position later to judge exactly what kind of skills and background will best complement my own background. And third, through close personal working relationships my knowledge of the people in the University who could fill the role of Provost will be vastly greater...
...also speculated that someone outside liberal arts may best complement his law background. He thus reinforced his freedom of choice in naming a Provost, if indeed he decides he wants...