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Pusey was not alone—the presidents of Boston University, the University of Massachusetts and Brandeis University also resigned amidst the turmoil of the 1970s. According to a February 1970 statement from Louis M. Lyons of WGBH-TV & -FM, “None of these men had reached the time of retirement. [Pusey] asks to be relieved in June 1971 instead of holding on to 1973...on the ground that Harvard must open a new chapter of development that calls for younger leadership...
...couple years ago when the Faculty was in a bit of turmoil, President Summers offered you the deanship of the Faculty, and reports are that you turned it down. Can you tell...
...consider all that.'' She had learned to be philosophical at a young age. ( Because my daughter had to try harder, she did well. In middle school, she was a student leader and won honors and prizes. She seemed happily adjusted. Although we lived in the midst of periodic political turmoil, I took it for granted that she would go to one of the better universities, be given a fairly good job because of her good marks and marry a nice young man. Instead of a university, she went to the new Film School of Shanghai. The acting profession was somewhat...
...assertive leadership style, the two sources said.In 2001, Rubin, who was not yet a member of the Corporation, played a key role in convincing the search committee to select Lawrence H. Summers. Rubin, who was appointed to the Corporation in 2002, later defended Summers when his presidency was in turmoil. Even with Cech out of the running, Faust does not appear to have the support of at least two influential advisers to the search panel, former Corporation member Hanna H. Gray and former Princeton President William G. Bowen, who had both backed Cech, according to one individual close...
...leadership style, the two sources said. In 2001, Rubin, who was not yet a member of the Corporation, played a key role in convincing the search committee to select Lawrence H. Summers. Rubin, who was appointed to the Corporation in 2002, later defended Summers when his presidency was in turmoil...