2--It is revealed this week that Psychology Department Chair Brendan A. Maher, will succeed Sally Falk Moore as dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Maher's most pressing problem, observers say, will be to address the school's financial difficulties.
6--The January-February issue of the Harvard Business Review creates an uproar as business and government leaders react to an article that claims that women are more costly to employ than men, lauching a debate about the corporate "mommy track."
13--The unauthorized removal of posters from bulletin boards belonging to Jewish and gay and lesbian groups prompts an administrative investigation. The tampering had coincided with a clean-up effort in preparation for fundraising efforts.
14--President Bok names Professor of Government Robert D. Putnam as the new Kennedy School dean after an eight-month search. Professors say that Putnam's entrance will likely mark the beginning of a period of extensive curriculum review after years of great internal expansion and a growing national reputation.
19--The Crimson learns that Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Lionel A. Schwartz '43 is under investigation on charges that he had sexual intercourse with three patients 15 years ago.
April
8--Seeking to advance the candidacy of South African Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu to the Harvard Board of Overseers and calling on the University to divest, a group of Divinity School students begin two days of prayer and fasting in Memorial Church.
11--When Braucher Visiting Professor of Law Ian R. Macneil is accused of conveying "sexism" in the classroom by a March letter from the Women's Law Association, his acerbic response circulates throughout the Law School's faculty and students.
14--President Bok's annual report to the Board of Overseers asserts that the Kennedy School must place more emphasis on a humanistic curriculum and public service if it is to train top government leaders. Less than 40 percent of the school's 1985 graduates, writes Bok, work in the public sector.
17--Charles J. Ogletree, a visiting professor at the Law School and a proponent of Clinical Legal Studies, announces he has accepted the school's offer of tenure. The decision, which makes Ogletree the school's fourth Black faculty member, is viewed as a sign of the school's continued commitment to the radical scholarly movement under newly-appointed Dean Robert C. Clark.
May
2--Kennedy School officials announce this week that they will assist the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson in an effort to rebuild America's inner cities. The plan would involve the borrowing of corporate pension funds to support improvements in poor urban areas.
10--About 60 Law School students protest the school's absence of Hispanic faculty members. The demonstration occurs exactly one year after members of the Black Law Students Association held a 24-hour sit-in to protest the dearth of Black professors.
25--Outgoing dean Allison says the Kennedy School has been ineffective in encouraging graduates' entrance into the public sector. The criticism serves as a response to President Bok's annual report, which called on the K-School to increase its focus on public service.