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...bitter 1938-40 Faculty revolt over tenure rules he found the man he wanted in Associate Professor Paul H. Buck. So satisfied were the President and the Senior Fellows with Buck that they gave him responsibility for Harvard museums, herbariums, and so for the, creating the post of Provost for him, a sort of primus inter pares among Harvard's Deans. Provost Buck's resignation, effective this June will leave a gap as great as the President's, and in some respects perhaps greater...
...Provost's job, including ex officio that of Dean, is an arduous one. Ultimate authority for the College is shared by the Faculty and the Corporation, though the line between them is never quite clear and their responsibilities overlap. In addition, inside and outside the Faculty there are committees to be canvassed, people to be consulted, boards to be placated-so much so that the pie is practically hidden for all the fingers in it. All these groups, true to Harvard's most ancient convention, disagree continually. For thirteen years the Provost, with the President's cooperation and advice...
Reuben A. Brower, currently a professor at Amherst, will become professor of English and General Education here starting July 1, Provost Buck announced yesterday...
...concluded that "the Student Council is therefore strongly critical of Provost Buck's signing of the AAP statement as significant of a capitulation of this University to external pressures...
Rene Jasinski, now a professor at the Sorbonne, has been appointed professor of French Literature here, Provost Paul H. Buck announced yesterday...