Bok described Pusey as an “unfailingly kind and supportive” predecessor.
“Behind the official, he was an enormously kind and decent and unpretentious human being,” he said. “Whether one agreed with him or not, he was a man of great integrity.”
Pusey was in good health when he last returned to Harvard for Commencement exercises in June, where all four living presidents were present.
University spokesperson Rebecca Rollins said Pusey’s health began to decline in recent weeks.
Memorial services will be held sometime during the next few days at St. James Church in New York, she said.
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Pusey is survived by his wife, Anne Woodward Pusey, two sons, Nathan M. Pusey Jr. and James R. Pusey, and a daughter, Rosemary Hopkins.