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...took civil rights advocates and their congressional allies eight months to introduce legislation. President George H.W. Bush vetoed the first version, arguing that it would encourage hiring quotas. Finally, in late 1991, the Democratic Congress and the Republican President reached a compromise fashioned by Senators John Danforth (R., Mo.) and Edward Kennedy (D., Mass.). It became the Civil Rights Act of 1991 and overturned parts of eight high-court decisions...
...Following Summers’ resignation, Keohane was briefly considered for the interim presidency, but she took herself out of the running. Instead, she and the Corporation’s senior fellow, James R. Houghton, travelled in person to Sarasota, Fla. to convince Bok to come out of retirement. Still, just days after Summers’ resignation, Keohane’s name was being added to lists of possible permanent presidents...
Dean of Admissions William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 on May 31, commenting on Harvard’s September decision to become the first highly selective college to do away with its early admissions program...
Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow James R. Houghton ’58 on Feb. 5, grinning, in response to whether his presidential search committee had met with Faust—who would be named president-elect less than a week later...
...have to trust ourselves,” David R. Pilbeam told his colleagues at a Faculty meeting last month. “I’m temporarily one of them, but I’m really...