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President from 1991 to 2001, Rudenstine focused on an agenda that was subtle but significant. He effected the final merger of Harvard and Radcliffe, a delicate and thankless task. He oversaw Harvard’s secret purchases of Allston land and took upon himself the prickly job of making those purchases public. He was an adamant, if courteous, supporter of affirmative-action, and his interest in the vital problem of race in America inspired him to build the nation’s finest department of Afro-American studies. And he was, by all accounts, passionately devoted to maintaining the high...
...course, Rudenstine will always be known as the president who raised $2.6 billion, which also falls into the realm of thankless tasks. Fundraising is a harder job than it often appears, and to many observers, Rudenstine’s devotion to that mission made the job of Harvard president look unromantic, unimpressive, and slightly tawdry. Everyone at Harvard could think of ways to spend that money, but few wanted to dwell on what was required to raise it. And, to be sure, the fact that Rudenstine had to raise an estimated $1 million a day meant that he was more...
...Princeton, [and] they got another huge goal for us—the only even-strength goal that we got—against Yale,” Donato said. “It’s nice to see. Those guys work real hard, and sometimes it can be a thankless job playing on the fourth line and having to carry a big physical load...
...grew older, Obama wove in and out of the Establishment. After graduating from Columbia University in New York City, he moved to Chicago to be a community organizer--probably the most thankless job in activism, and that's saying something. He pleaded with people at the Altgeld Gardens public-housing project to come to meetings and listen to him patter on about community coalitions...
Perhaps Kerry also sensed after that dinner that Edwards, who would become his most dangerous rival in the primaries, was a man who would respect his elders and tackle with relish the often thankless work of a vice-presidential nominee. The pick clearly thrilled his party after Kerry announced it last week in 21st century fashion with an e-mail to supporters, but Kerry too seemed all smiles and hugs about it. He chose the fresh face that his party had wanted all along, over others who offered him longer resumes and a more comfortable personal chemistry; then he launched...