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...And Then There Were Eight

The Search Committee Does Not Want You to Know the Names of These Men. Because Only One of Them Is Going to Be the Next President of Harvard.

Dean of the college, Princeton University 1972-77.

Professor of English and dean of students, Princeton University 1968-72

Asst. Professor of English, Harvard University 1966-68.

Strengths: Experienced administrator. Doctorate and some experience at Harvard. Only humanist among the final candidates.

Weaknesses: Has refused repeatedly to become a presidential candidate for other universities. No longer in academia.

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Personal: Born January 21, 1935 in Ossining, N.Y. Married, 3 children.

Trivia: Opera lover.

JEREMY R. KNOWLES

Age: 55

Occupation: Houghton professor of chemistry and biochemistry. Harvard University since 1979.

Education: Oxford University, B.A. 1959.

Oxford University, M.A. and D.Phil 1961.

Academic Field: Bio-organic chemistry

Experience: Chair, department of chemistry, Harvard University 1980-83.

Professor of chemistry. Harvard 1974-79.

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