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Oxford-trained chemist Jeremy R. Knowles has led the Faculty as interim dean since last summer. Knowles succeeded Kirby, whom Summers forced to resign before he himself was pressured to step down. Summers had reportedly offered Faust the deanship as he looked for a replacement for Kirby...
Although Roxbury Latin School had tried to keep Conant out—his mother said he couldn’t spell—Harvard invited him in. Until 1953, the chemist and self-made man would promote the sciences, standardization, and academic scholarships, and often worked off-campus on the Manhattan Project. Conant’s successor Nathan M. Pusey ’28, had a strong presence at Harvard, and not just for academic reasons. An August 8, 1953 headline from the Boston Globe stated that, according to the “girls,” Pusey...
With influential backers like former Princeton President William G. Bowen and former Harvard Corporation member Hanna H. Gray, the personable chemist may be asked to pull off the task again...
While colleagues say that several schools—including Berkeley—sought to lure Cech from Colorado, the chemist chose to stay in his Boulder classroom...
...committee’s renewed look at top scientists comes as the University seeks to revitalize its science offerings with an expansion into Allston and the creation of interdisciplinary science initiatives. The last scientist to serve as president was James Bryant Conant ’14, a chemist who led Harvard from...