Word: rosenthaler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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According to Hall. Rosenthal's appointment makes Harvard's press the best in the country. "Rosenthal has a fine eye for what constitutes a scholarly work." Hall said. "He is both an editor and an astute business man."
Hall's confidence in Rosenthal and the Press marks a change from his position when the search committee for a new director was organized last February. The search committee's task wasn't made any easier by the resignation of the acting director. David H. Horne, in May. Horne left...
While Handlin quietly struggled to keep the Press's head above water the search committee began reducing the list of 100 possible directors. The committee--chaired by James Q. Wilson, chairman of the Government Department--narrowed the list down to five, and chatted informally with Rosenthal and others before making...
"I had extensive talks with the committee. We talked quite openly about my strengths and weaknesses," Rosenthal said.
How well Rosenthal and Hall will work together is still a matter of speculation. Rosenthal says that he is "bursting" with new ideas for the Press, which he will start instituting after he assumes command October 1. But when Hall became a member of the Board of Directors, he devised...