According to John B. Fox '59, the Secretary of the Faculty, that distance is a function of the job, and not a function of the person who holds it.
"Students don't see much of the president," Fox agreed. But, he said, "I think Neil has been extraordinarily available," he said.
Rudenstine did not attend Harvard as an undergraduate--but he spent years here as a graduate student in English.
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At a dinner Friday night with all House Masters and senior tutors, Lewis said Rudenstine spoke fondly of his time as a student.
"He reminisced about the intellectual and human connection he felt to the community. He was very eloquent about how important his Adams house experience was," Lewis said.