Word: watson
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Perhaps the first clue to Lawrence Watson's unique blend of professionalism and passionate advocacy can be found sitting on the coffee table outside his light-filled office in Gund Hall...
...Watson, the GSD's assistant dean for academic administration. As he put it in a recent interview, "I don't just see my position here at Harvard as just a job--it's a commitment." Watson's longstanding professional commitment to diversity in hiring is the extension of his personal commitment to achieving success while affirming his own difference...
...chair of the Association of Black Faculty and Administrators for the past two years, Watson has emerged as a major new carrier of the affirmative action flame in the University--meeting with deans, writing reports, speaking to undergraduates. And implementing diverse hiring practices at the GSD, where his post as an assistant dean gives him the chance to influence decisions about both faculty and staff...
...Many of Watson's colleagues credit him with revitalizing the Association of Black Faculty and Administrators, a group that has become considerably more visible during his two-year stint as its co-chair. Last fall, the association released a report, written by Professor of Law Derrick A. Bell, which called on the University to raise its representation of minorities on the faculty and staff to 10 percent...
Though Deans Watson and Monro stated vehemently that the tabloid scandal would in no way affect the considered changes in parietal rules, the conflict between students and officials continued to be an item of interest for the rest of the year...