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This was the first time that members of the BU community other than the trustees had an active role in the selection of a new president.
Harvard has been the recipient of one of the foundation's largest gifts. The University's. Hellenic ??Studies
Dr. John Silber, a philosophy professor and former dean at the University of Texas, was appointed the seventh president of Boston University yesterday.
Silber was the final choice of a search committee which consisted of students, faculty. administration and alumni working with the BU trustees.
The foundation and its predecessors have been particularly helpful to colleges and universities. According to the annual report for 1969, the foundations donated more than 40 per cent of their total gifts-or $4.9 million-to education.