Because the Overseers meet less frequently and are a larger body, Slichter says, there are more women on the Overseers than the Corporation.
Eventually, Slichter predicts, the Corporation's demographics will grow to be more like those of the Overseers, who are much more diverse.
The composition of the Corporation should gradually begin to look like Harvard's student body, Slichter says, since the governing board represents the University at its highest levels.
But although change seems to be coming, it is arriving slowly.
"The Corporation should be leading, not following," Slichter says.
Variations on a Theme
And up until the 1960s, when Cleveland-based Calkins joined the Corporation, most of the Fellows were from New England.
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