Word: putnam
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PRESIDENT Derek C. Bok deserves praise for his decision last week to appoint Professor of Government Robert D. Putnam as new Dean of the Kennedy School of Government. The decision shows the president's commitment to redefine the mission of the school...
...appointment sends a strong and needed message to the academic world. Putnam, a highly respected scholar and former chairman of Harvard's Government Department, is expected to bring a new emphasis on scholarship and ethical standards to the school...
...PUTNAM'S appointment should change all that. Colleagues from the Government Department praise Putnam's commitment to moral integrity. "His most outstanding characteristic is his intense interest in doing what is right and what is fair," said Littauer Professor of Political Economy Thomas C. Schelling...
...Putnam's past scholarship should also help him consolidate the curriculum and guide the school in a more academic direction. Putnam is a renowned expert on political elites and Italian regional politics. His expertise landed him a job on the National Security Council during the Carter Administration...
...addition, Putnam's work in the Government Department demonstrates his ability to address and correct for the lack of minority faculty. Bok and others praise Putnam's energetic efforts to recruit minority faculty, and Kennedy School Student Government leaders reacted favorably to Putnam's recent speech in which he said diversity would be a top priority...