Word: resignations
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...Graduate School of Education, the Kennedy School, and the Law School.And, of Harvard’s 10 top deans at the moment, two are serving in an interim capacity, and one—Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby—has announced his intention to resign at the end of this semester.If Summers fills the vacancies at the Business School, the Graduate School of Education, and FAS by the end of this spring, he will have made nine major dean appointments in his first half-decade.Not all those dean appointments have worked out according to Summers’ plans...
...immediate spark for today's move was the resignation of Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby late last month. Four individuals close to the central administration told The Crimson that Summers forced Kirby to resign...
...Thirteen professors assailed Summers at yesterday’s full meeting of the Faculty, including two who suggested it was time for Summers to resign...
...Kirby began the meeting by highlighting what his priorities have been as dean and restating his decision to resign. Summers and historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, the 300th Anniversary University professor, then briefly described the process by which Kirby’s successor will be chosen. Ulrich is the head of a seven-professor group that will advise the president on how the search should proceed...
...first extensive interview since announcing his resignation just over one week ago, Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby on Friday called the move a “mutual decision” reached by himself and University President Lawrence H. Summers.“We are very different people,” Kirby said of himself and Summers. “We share the same goals and ambitions for Harvard, but we have different approaches for achieving those goals,” Kirby said.Appearing relaxed in his University Hall corner office, Kirby avoided direct questions on the reasons behind...