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...warm, supportive, kind man who, for 39 years was a leader at all levels," said James Vorenberg '49, another former Law School dean. "He had an abiding concern for the Harvard Law School and what it represents at its best for the legal profession, for legal education and for the professional development of students," Bok told the Harvard Gazette last week...
Sacks initiated several significant programs at the Law School, according to Vorenberg. "As a dean, [Sacks] instituted the whole clinical teaching program," he said...
When the faculty became deadlocked over thepromotion of several left-wing scholars, DeanJames Vorenberg '49 asked Bok to intervene,breeching the school's traditional autonomy andconvening his own ad-hoc committees to review thecases of two professors...
Both times, Bok ultimately decided that theradical scholars did not deserve tenure, promptingsome professors to protest apparent intolerancewhile others to commended his commitment tointegrity. Bok's subsequent appointment of RobertC. Clark--a particularly conservativeprofessor--to succeed Vorenberg only renewed thedebate...
...Fred has made important contributions to the school," said former Law Dean James Vorenberg '49 in a prepared statement. "We have been beneficiaries of his great ability and his commitment to the school...