And Rudenstine thinks this trend of looking to other universities' leaders is unfortunate.
"If institutions can to some extent find leadership from within themselves, it means it's a person who's most likely to know a fair amount about how the institution works, what it's goals are what its idiosyncrasies are," Rudenstine says. "If the institution's in good shape then you may well do well to have someone who knows that to start with. I believe quite a bit in institutional loyalty."
Mean What You Say
He's got four degrees from Harvard--a bachelor's, a master's, a medical degree and a doctorate. As an undergraduate, he lived in Lowell House and studied psychology.
In his years as dean of SPH and as provost, he has developed quite a reputation. Asked to describe him, interviewees consistently came up with two adjectives: intelligent and articulate. Born in Pittsburgh in 1945, Fineberg is married to a fellow doctor.
When asked the inevitable question, Fineberg dodges.
"It seems that your name would naturally be mentioned in the search for the next Harvard president."
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