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...There are, in history, some times when they didn't like the choice and it took some trying for the consent to be given," says Charles P. Slichter '45, a former member of the Corporation who chaired the last presidential search. "The problem is for the Overseers to feel that they are sufficiently knowledgeable about the nominees and process to give consent...
Eventually, Slichter predicts, the Corporation's demographics will grow to be more like those of the Overseers, who are much more diverse...
...composition of the Corporation should gradually begin to look like Harvard's student body, Slichter says, since the governing board represents the University at its highest levels...
...Corporation should be leading, not following," Slichter says...
According to both Slichter and Calkins, race, gender and field of expertise are only some of the elements the University should consider in trying to diversify the Corporation...