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When Nathan M. Pusey ’28 assumed the presidency in 1953, Provost Paul Buck, who was serving concurrently as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, stepped down, and the position was abolished for almost forty years...

Author: By Laurence H. M. holland, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hyman To Serve as Faust's Provost | 2/21/2007 | See Source »

There was more to Pusey than just charming good looks. According to Gomes, the difference between Conant and Pusey was that of the absent scientist versus the present humanist; Pusey had a “very fresh perspective.” But Pusey’s progressiveness was not enough to shelter him from the tumult...

Author: By Elizabeth M. Doherty, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Turning a New Page | 2/14/2007 | See Source »

...group of students took over University Hall in response to the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps’s (ROTC) presence on campus. Pusey had them arrested. After this controversial move and the subsequent outcry, Pusey chose to step down rather than to prolong an embattled atmosphere on campus...

Author: By Elizabeth M. Doherty, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Turning a New Page | 2/14/2007 | See Source »

...Pusey was not alone—the presidents of Boston University, the University of Massachusetts and Brandeis University also resigned amidst the turmoil of the 1970s. According to a February 1970 statement from Louis M. Lyons of WGBH-TV & -FM, “None of these men had reached the time of retirement. [Pusey] asks to be relieved in June 1971 instead of holding on to 1973...on the ground that Harvard must open a new chapter of development that calls for younger leadership...

Author: By Elizabeth M. Doherty, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Turning a New Page | 2/14/2007 | See Source »

Rather than assert his own power—as his presidential predecessors may have done—Pusey peacefully acknowledged a need for change. The following presidencies would continue to promote a sense of collaboration for the greater university good. Derek C. Bok, a faculty minded man, would hold office from 1971 to 1991. Neil L. Rudenstine, who Gomes says “tried to restore humane ideals,” served from 1991 to 2001. Students and faculty were, for the most part, content...

Author: By Elizabeth M. Doherty, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Turning a New Page | 2/14/2007 | See Source »

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