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...Summers meets with African American studies professor Cornel R. West ’74 and questions his work at Harvard, inspiring widespread criticism from faculty. West takes the story to the national media, who report that Summers reprimanded the professor for making a rap album, missing classes, and failing to produce scholarly work during his tenure at the University...
Within a year of his arrival at Harvard, however, Summers found himself in the midst of a public relations crisis, facing criticism from all sides for his loose tongue, his rough treatment of various professors, and above all, his extremely charged feud with African American Studies star Cornel R. West ’74. Factions of the faculty were in an uproar, and in reporting the unrest, the national press painted Summers as a man who simply never learned his lesson...
Despite his optimistic predictions, any initial sense of welcome Summers might have encountered at Harvard was quickly complicated by the Cornel West imbroglio, which began within four months of Summers’ installation as president. The incident cast doubt on assurances from Rubin, who as a member of the Harvard Corporation had vouched that Summers had gotten over his bad habits during the presidential search process...
Each of these caused minor eruptions in the press, receiving varying degrees of national attention, but taken together and slotted as supporting acts for the Cornel West dispute, they formed a familiar image of Summers—one he had hoped would fade in light of his efforts at self-improvement at the Treasury...
...piece served as a restrained counterbalance to the Cornel West story in the Post, which was published exactly one year earlier. Traub cast Summers as a focused, if not slightly overzealous leader who had been explicitly hired by Harvard’s Corporation for his willingness to offend if necessary and his ability to impose the firm hand of governance that his predecessor Neil L. Rudenstine had reportedly been incapable...