Derek Bok greeted Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard's incoming president, during her introduction in February. Bok will retire as Harvard president next month.
(Adam Hunger/Reuters)
Brian Wright O'Connor
The patriot and the Harvard president
Derek Bok greeted Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard's incoming president, during her introduction in February. Bok will retire as Harvard president next month.
(Adam Hunger/Reuters)
AS GAYS with critical language and leadership skills get needlessly drummed out of the armed forces, the little-known story of how a Harvard president and an aspiring astronaut engineered the return of ROTC to Harvard Yard provides an example of the political confrontation needed to allow every patriot to serve in uniform. (Full article: 598 words)
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