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...sure, Bok was a marked improvement over his predecessor, Nathan M. Pusey '28. Pusey left Harvard a controversial and highly unpopular president, notorious for calling in the police to break up a 1969 takeover of University Hall...
...contrast, was known as "a good guy" during his days as Law School dean. When protesters took over his offices, he bought them donuts and coffee and chatted about reform. Rumors had it that he had even opposed Pusey's decision to call in the cops...
...hear what activists had to say. On the national scene, Bok has more effectively spoken out for the values for which he was originally lauded. But the initial good feeling surrounding the Bok appointment proved unfounded. His closed, unreceptive management style proved a more subtle form of conservatism than Pusey's "call in the cops" approach...
...Derek Bok appointed to succeed Pusey in 1971 was a good man with the right values. The Derek Bok who announced his resignation last week is not the same...
...Gardner says, the University atmosphere fosters good teaching. "[President Derek C.] Bok was good for making people think about teaching. And I think that it's bad form to be a bad teacher," he says. "Bok was more in touch while Pusey was incredibly remote...