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This disappointing debut, however, would be an anomaly in Verba??s career here, where he has been embraced as a funny, amiable and brilliant professor...
...Verba??s success as an administrator led many to consider him a frontrunner for dean of the faculty when Henry A. Rosovsky stepped down from the post in 1984. And it’s the reason he has been chosen to head so many committees with challenging mandates...
Although Verba self-deprecatingly refers to himself as “wishy-washy” and says his diplomacy “drives his family nuts,” Florence Professor of Government Gary King says Verba??s ability to see both sides of an argument makes him an ideal committee chair...
Colleagues and friends say Verba??s thoughtful demeanor and constant stream of congenial quips on the tip of his tongue only make him a better administrator and professor...
Summers later concurred with Verba??s distinction. The University, he said, will guard against infringements to its intellectual freedom. Harvard pledges its support to such interests—and will facilitate faculty debate—because possible restrictions of academic freedom directly threaten the University’s most fundamental goals, he said...