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...probably won’t. In his installation speech, Summers gave every indication that the sciences were first on his to do list and loom large on his radar screen. Summers, a social scientist, may want someone with a hard science background to add depth to his proposals. If science-related initiatives are to be the cornerstone of the Summers administration, it would make sense for him to appoint a dean from the science section of the faculty...
Summers, on the other hand, is a stylized scientist. One need only read one of his speeches from his days at the Treasury Department to understand that Summers is more comfortable in the world of numbers than words...
...prime real estate—that is NOT living up to its potential. Jeremy, Harry and David know this. We’re talking here about the most powerful man at Harvard, Jeremy R. Knowles, who announced his retirement yesterday as dean of the Faculty; my favorite computer scientist Harry R. Lewis ’68, who moonlights as dean of the College; and David A. Zewinski ’76, a.k.a. THE MAN when it comes to College buildings—he gets his pay check for being the associate dean of physical resources and planning for the Faculty...
Knowles was the first scientist to serve in the post of dean of the Faculty...
With Summers’ background in the social sciences and his selection of a scientist as Provost, some Faculty members say he might turn to a humanist to provide balance...