Who Might Come After Claudine Gay at Harvard?
The Sun looks at potential candidates to lead Harvard during a tumultuous time at the nation’s oldest university.
“The ivory tower has become a laughably grotesque symbol of the contemporary institution of higher learning,” Harvard’s 24th president, Nathan Pusey, wrote shortly before his resignation in 1971 amid student tumult over the Vietnam War. “What do we do in such troubled circumstances as we are now experiencing?”
That is the question that many are asking following the resignation of Harvard’s 30th president, Claudine Gay. The search for the next leader, which is already a fixture of national attention, “will include broad engagement and consultation with the Harvard community,” the Harvard Corporation wrote in a statement last week. Here is a list compiled by the Sun of mentions of potential candidates, though no predictions are intended.
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