Th new dean will be selected by an Executive Committee appointed by Rudenstine on Dec. 17 soon after Thiemann's departure is holding down the fort until a replacement for Thiemann is found, administrative sources say.
Thiemann, who is on sabbatical for 1999, will return to the school next year to resume teaching and research.
A Dec. 17 memo from Rudenstine issued after Thiemann's departure outlined the process.
The committee consists of Acting HDS Dean J. Bryan Hehir and Associate Deans Tim Cross, Clarissa Atkinson and Nancy Richardson. The committee should draw up criteria to guide the search for a new dean.
But administrative sources say little has been finalized so far.
Hehir, professor of practice in religion and society at HDS and faculty associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.
A leader on Catholic doctrine about international relations and the threat of nuclear war, Hehir was appointed by Rudenstine because of his "extraordinary breadth of experience within Harvard and beyond."
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