Word: puseys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Pusey retired last year to head the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in New York City. He announced his retirement early in 1970--ten months after the April 1969 takeover of University Hall--and thereby put into gear one of the most elaborate search procedures for a successor ever devised. Another of today's degree recipients, Paul Samuelson, was among those considered by the Corporation to replace Pusey...
...Pusey came to Harvard in 1954, succeeding James B. Conant '14, and during his 17-year tenure. Harvard's growth statistics were perhaps the most impressive of any university in the United States. The University's annual budget increased from $39 million to $188 million, the number of endowed chairs increased twofold to 277, and the Federal share of the budget grew from one tenth to one third...
...President, Pusey rebuilt the Divinity School, recruiting men like Paul Tillich and Krister Stendhal, and he provided new housing for the Education and Design Schools. Under his leadership, Harvard built skyward for the first time; Pusey oversaw the completion of Leverett and Mather Houses, as well as William James Hall. The Science Center outside the Yard--scheduled for completion next fall--is the last of the building projects planned under the Pusey Administration...
...ability to raise money and coordinate growth, Pusey lost touch with the student body--and for all practical purposes, the faculties--after the mid 60s. He provided central services, but not educational leadership. And, after 1969, he was isolated in Massachusetts Hall with only a few close aides on whom to lean; even his administrative abilities were faltering amid increasing dissension within the University. The Corporation, and its appointed emissary--Archibald Cox '34, Williston Professor of Law--took an ever-expanding role in the day-to-day operations of the University...
...Today, Pusey came back to Harvard to receive a traditional Doctor of Laws. The citation read: "Patient teacher, man of faith, for 18 years our generous President--farsighted, compassionate, courageous; through his leadership the capacities of Harvard were larger and our nation's goals for education confirmed...