Word: offing
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In fact, nearing the completion of my time here at the College, I can say that this is one of the great benefits of the Harvard experience. Nowhere else will you have the opportunity to meet such ambitious, dynamic, brilliant individuals. And in a world where who you know, rather...
Smith, 75, is the second member of the seven-person Corporation to step down in two months. Lawyer Judith Richards Hope plans to vacate her position near the end of March.
Smith's announcement is not unexpected: He told Rudenstine he was contemplating a resignation as early as 1997, although the president persuaded him to remain in office until the end of the University's Capital Campaign.
"Most people, because they've served a good number of years or because they're beyond 70, find that given the Corporation's intensity there comes a moment when they ought to step aside," Rudenstine said. "He told me more than three years ago that I should begin to be...
Yesterday, Rudenstine and other officials downplayed the significance of the two vacancies occurring almost simultaneously, saying both positions should be filled by the start of the upcoming academic year.