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...through the most difficult situations and catch a movie when you want to relax on the weekends. “Those don’t go together very often,” Hall says. “She moves into all these realms with this grace, humor, and wisdom,” she continues. “You’re dealing with a real person...
Victor S. Thomas Professor of Divinity Leila Ahmed was “absolutely delighted and amazed at the wisdom of the committee.” She notes that Faust’s background at Radcliffe and awareness of feminist and gender scholarship bring a special perspective to the presidency. Professor of History of Art and Architecture Ewa Lajer-Burcharth wrote in an e-mail that Faust “has a special leadership style, which I would describe as gentle but determined: she knows what she wants...
These may include, among many others, the heroic man of many devices that Homer presents to us in the character of Odysseus, the phronimos, or person of practical wisdom, portrayed by Aristotle, the Christ figure as presented in the New Testament or as interpreted by Augustine, Aquinas, Dante, Luther, Milton, Pascal, Kierkegaard, and Dostoyevsy (to name but a few), the committed friend valorized by Montaigne, the citizen of the Kingdom of Ends described by Kant, the free spirit praised by Nietzsche, and so on. A similarly lengthy list could be compiled of those figures—from Lucifer to Macbeth...
...Drew is an inspiring and accomplished institutional leader, a superb scholar, an outstanding teacher, and a wonderful human being," he wrote in the e-mail. "Harvard will benefit from her experience, her energy, and her wisdom in the years to come...
...Harvard Corporation, sends an e-mail to the Harvard community announcing the confirmation of Faust as Harvard's 28th president. "Drew is an inspiring and accomplished institutional leader, a superb scholar, an outstanding teacher, and a wonderful human being. Harvard will benefit from her experience, her energy, and her wisdom in the years to come...