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...endowment of large magnitude, such as a building or other ambitious project—under the current interim administration.Several suggested that the reluctance was merely a natural result of the transitional period following any major leader’s resignation. Other donors expressed great frustration over Summers?? ouster and reluctance to donate to a university where the faculty can seemingly force out a president.Yet another camp of alumni, critics of Summers, suggested that his resignation could spark donations. But to many donors who were excited by Summers?? agenda—a plan that includes a major...
...Most Board members contacted at the time did not express discontent with their knowledge of Summers?? plans...
...members of the Board also say that they were kept in the dark about Summers?? plans to resign until Feb. 21, the day of his announcement...
...Alberts explained in February that he had first learned of Summers?? decision from a New York Times reporter, but was contacted by a Corporation member shortly afterward. “This did not disturb me,” Alberts wrote in an e-mail, “as early notification of the Overseers would have likely caused the story to leak to the press prematurely...
...last chapters of Summers?? tenure—and particularly the relative remove of the Overseers from the decisions made during the final days—saw at least some Board members grow frustrated with their position vis-à-vis the Corporation, even if the lines of communication were more open than before...