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...kinder and gentler era, universities sought??as many of this region’s more ancient preparatory schools still ostensibly do—to educate not only the mind but also the “whole person.” For, in those days, Harvard and others cared not so much that their graduates were successful at their chosen professions as that they were decent, upstanding, and honorable gentlemen who would not bring shame upon their almae matres by their ill conduct...

Author: By Christopher B. Lacaria | Title: That Nameless Virtue | 4/29/2009 | See Source »

While Nadosy’s interim post was announced alongside the strong returns on Harvard’s investments in fiscal 2005, the temporary leadership structure at HMC seems poised to produce a rockier transition than University officials had first sought??an arrangement that, according to Rothenberg, will include Meyer and his colleagues as advisors “for some time...

Author: By Nicholas M. Ciarelli, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NEWS ANALYSIS: Protracted HMC Search Leads To Rocky Transition | 10/3/2005 | See Source »

Lewis has not always garnered—or sought??the approval of students. He came into this job with a concept of what was best for students that he doggedly pursued over the past eight years, often in the face of staunch opposition...

Author: By Sarah M. Seltzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lewis Leaves Strong Legacy as Deanship Dies | 3/18/2003 | See Source »

Through fifteen years, Watson himself was thoroughly suited for—or rather, desperately sought??that monogamous institution. In spring of 1967, he met Elizabeth Lewis, a Radcliffe sophomore, and married her in March of 1968, shortly before his fortieth birthday. His sexist pomposity leaks through in a postcard to a friend: “19-year-old now mine.” Despite its readability and lighthearted melodrama, the book is ultimately hurt by Watson’s own egoism. His final description of the woman with enough fortitude to marry him does little to neutralize...

Author: By Amy W. Lai, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Unzipping Watson's Helix | 2/22/2002 | See Source »

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