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...He’s a celebrated teacher and a respected manager who’s loved by his faculty. But despite the buzz surrounding the candidacy of Stanford Provost John W. Etchemendy for Harvard’s presidency, the respected philosopher will likely stay put in Palo Alto next year. He’s said repeatedly, after all, that his job is “the best position in higher education...
Etchemendy is seen as especially qualified for the Harvard presidency due to his ability to work successfully with faculty and because his responsibilities at Stanford are similar to those of a Harvard president. But Etchemendy has been unequivocal in his disinterest for the Harvard job since September, when he told the Stanford Daily that he had “no intention or desire to leave my current position...
...Stanford’s chief academic and budget officer, Etchemendy—whose boss is Stanford University president, John L. Hennessy—is “the number-two through which everything is funneled through to the number-one,” philosophy department chair Kenneth Taylor said...
HHMI’s endowment now totals $14.8 billion—behind only Harvard, Yale, and Stanford among academic institutions. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...elected, Cech would be the first Harvard president since 1672 without a degree from the University. But in the current search, two other oft-mentioned candidates—Stanford Provost John W. Etchemendy and University of Cambridge Vice-Chancellor Alison F. Richard—also lack strong Harvard ties. Etchemendy has no connections, and Richard’s only tie is a daughter who graduated from the College...