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...faculty. But he made it clear to the committee in the early fall that he was not a candidate for the presidency, and was not asked by the committee to appear for an interview, according to an individual familiar with Etchemendy’s activities during the search. His lack of ties to Harvard concerned some committee members, but not enough to thwart his candidacy...
Richard brought a reputation as a cowboy-boots-wearing leader who had charmed Yale’s faculty, and at Cambridge she had proved to be an adroit financial manager as well. She told the search committee in the fall that she was not a candidate for Harvard’s top job, citing her prior pledge to remain at Cambridge through 2010 and her happiness at returning to her English roots, an individual in touch with Richard and the committee said. By all indications, the committee was disappointed. Members repeatedly attempted to persuade Richard to fly across the Atlantic...
...number of early denials didn’t seem to surprise people involved in the search...
...really want a very strong woman in a high position, therefore, ‘Condi Rice, give up your job and come be president of Harvard,’” said political scientist Sidney Verba ’53, chairman of the faculty committee advising the search...
...heavy weights of higher education: Bowen, the former Princeton chief, and former University of Chicago President Hanna H. Gray, who chaired the Howard Hughes board of trustees. As a former member of the Harvard Corporation, Gray was one of the key backers of Larry Summers in the 2001 presidential search...