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...past, these tensions have hurt provosts’ chances at the presidency, according to Keller; indeed, no Harvard provost has ever assumed...
When then-University President James B. Conant ’14 stepped down in 1953, the Harvard Corporation passed over Provost Paul Buck in favor of Nathan M. Pusey...
...while Provost Harvey V. Fineberg ’67 was a serious contender to replace Neil L. Rudenstine when he stepped down in 2001, the Corporation chose Summers, a relative outsider, instead...
...What works against [a provost] in part is that the office involves dealing with autonomous deans, and standing between the deans and the president, and that’s very tricky," says Keller, the Harvard historian...
...Hyman is not chosen to lead the University, he is unlikely to remain provost, if history is any guide. Neither Fineberg nor Buck stayed on board after being passed over...