--Harvard's Next President: a candidate profile.
Fourth in an occasional series. Today: Lee C. Bollinger. Next: Kathleen M. Sullivan
In June of 1998, Lee C. Bollinger sat in Harvard's Tercentenary Theatre and watched his daughter, Carey J. Bollinger '98, receive her diploma.
Three years later, Bollinger may return to Commencement, not as a proud parent, but as the new president of Harvard University.
Bollinger, the current president of the University of Michigan, was named to the short list for the Harvard presidency early this month.
The leader of the nation's largest public research university is a well-known legal scholar and respected educator who has attained a rare distinction: remaining on that list while lacking the coveted Harvard College class year and having no previous professional affiliation with Harvard.
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