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Often, the dream is to fly: on skis (The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner) or in an airship (The White Diamond) or in a U.S. Navy plane (Little Dieter Needs to Fly). That last film--about a German boy who arrived in America with the dream of flying, flew missions over Vietnam, was captured and tortured, and escaped--had so much natural drama that Herzog turned it into a "real" movie, Rescue Dawn, with Christian Bale as Dieter...
...During his tenure as president, the New England Conservatory created a joint-degree program with Harvard, increased financial aid, and hired many renowned professors. In his last three years as president, Steiner helped raise $72 million of a $100 million capital campaign...
...Steiner’s colleagues from decades at Harvard have similar memories of Steiner as a man who transformed Harvard through his hard work...
...Incoming Interim Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Jeremy R. Knowles recalled that from his very first days at Harvard, Steiner was both a worthy friend and an astute advisor...
...Indeed, Bok, who knew Steiner from his time as President of the University and who relied on him for advice beyond legal issues, believed him to have the “best features of an excellent lawyer:” he was “fair-minded and humane,” “principled and ethical,” and “intelligent and analytical...