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...seem somewhat real before you start thinking that way,” she said, adding that she did not believe the search committee had ever reached the negotiating stage with Cech...
...first time Cech had pulled out of a search after last-minute reservations. When the University of Chicago considered him for its presidency last year, Cech withdrew from the race citing similar concerns, according to two individuals close to the Harvard search. (As it happened, the Chicago search committee would decide that Drew Faust was its candidate, even flying to Cambridge to try to convince a reluctant Faust to accept the offer, the sources said...
Through January, Harvard search committee members were not especially concerned about Cech’s decision to pull out of the Chicago search, since most other candidates—including Faust—had previously withdrawn from other searches as well, according to two sources close to the committee...
...leaders shocked and uncertain about how to proceed. If Faust, the only remaining serious candidate, were to be named president so soon after Cech’s public withdrawal, committee members worried she might appear to be a second choice, the sources said. On the other hand, reopening the search and coming back to Faust could have also weakened her appeal, even if she was the committee’s top choice...
Faust herself worked hard to make her interest in and readiness for the job clear. A student of the search process, she spent hours preparing for interviews. By the time she walked into the final interview at the downtown Boston office of WilmerHale, the workplace of search committee member Lee, that strategy had paid off: few skeptics sat around the table...