Provost Harvey V. Fineberg '67 arrived at Harvard in 1963 as an undergraduate--and never left.
Nearly four decades after he came to Harvard Yard, Fineberg is the University's second-in-command and holds degrees from the College, the Kennedy School of Government, the School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School.
Now he is being touted by University insiders as a possible successor to outgoing President Neil L. Rudenstine.
But before his transformation into an administrator, Fineberg was a student, even a (self-described) nerd. He was a trumpet player, and a radio announcer, and awkward with girls.
Harvard College was the beginning of his long friendship with the University--a friendship that has lasted nearly 40 years.
How Fineberg Got to Harvard
In the fall of his senior year at Pittsburgh's Taylor Allderdice High School, he came to Cambridge for an interview with then-Dean of Admissions Fred L. Glimp '50.
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