Rubin’s selection came after a three-month search, but Rubin was likely a favorite early on.

Rubin said he discussed joining the Corporation with members D. Ronald Daniel and Stone in a meeting this winter.

Despite Rubin’s appointment, the Corporation still has another seat to fill after Friday’s announced resignation of Herbert S. “Pug” Winokur ’64-’65 (see related article, page A-1).

HarvardWatch, a student group affiliated with the Progressive Student Labor Movement, plans to protest what it calls the Corporation’s “undemocratic and unaccountable” processes outside today’s Corporation meeting in Loeb House.

“The Harvard Corporation has many white male businessmen, and I don’t know why we need another one,” said Benjamin L. McKean ’02, a member of HarvardWatch said.

—Staff writer David H. Gellis can be reached at gellis@fas.harvard.edu.

—Staff writer Catherine E. Shoichet can be reached at shoichet@fas.harvard.edu.