A Different Style
"One of the very first things that we asked him to do was to resurrect the student-faculty committee on campus safety," says Undergraduate Council representative Michael D. Shumsky '01, explaining the committee was reconvened in short order.
Illingworth says instead of striking out on his own, he spends much of his time trying to facilitate communication within the Harvard community.
"I try to get people to have a discussion," he says. "I'll tell someone, 'you need to go talk to so-and-so.' "