This potential clash in substance may be accompanied by an even more pronounced clash in style—from the outside, Summers’ famously direct managerial style is ripe to collide with Knowles’ insistence on diplomacy and decorum. Although past Presidential-Dean pairings where both jobs were held by strong personalities have sometimes worked well, the transition may prove to be almost as great an adjustment for Knowles as it will for Summers.
—Staff writer David H. Gellis can be reached at gellis@fas.harvard.edu.
—Staff writer Daniel K. Rosenheck can be reached at rosenhec@fas.harvard.edu
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