"Our colleagues at Harvard can be very confident about what we're building here," she said.
Chemistry is a familiar field for Wilson--she received a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from the University of Wisconsin.
Wilson called the vow of secrecy she has operated under for the last year "very hard."
"My best friend is someone I would have wanted to talk to about this. I did not," she said.
In the difficult months that have led up to the unveiling of the finalized deal, Wilson said she has told only her husband, Paul Smith, about what went on behind close doors.
"He's absolutely trustworthy," she said. "Sanity is an important value."
When Wilson begins what she claims has been a long delayed sabbatical, she will leave Radcliffe as the college's seventh and final president.
"I hadn't even thought about it as being the last president of Radcliffe College, because I've been so focused on the new incarnation," she said yesterday, her voice tinged with emotion.
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