I won’t say there aren’t any Harvard graduates who have never asserted a superior attitude. But they have done so to our great embarrassment and in no way represent the Harvard I know.
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I suspect that no community will become humane and caring by restricting what its members can say.
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| Birth: | 22nd March, 1930 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Educator, Lawyer |
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Derek Curtis Bok was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. He is an American lawyer, author, and educator, former president of Harvard University. Bok has an A.B. from Stanford University, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and an A.M. in economics from George Washington University. Bok taught law at Harvard beginning in 1958 and served as dean of the law school. He has written six books on higher education: Our Underachieving Colleges , Universities in the Marketplace, The Shape of the River, Universities and the Future of America, Higher Learning, and Beyond the Ivory Tower. His two books on this subject are The State of the Nation, The Trouble with Government, and The Politics of Happiness.
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