Rudenstine says that, working with Brustein and Elizabeth C. Huidekoper, the University’s vice-president of finance, he has formed a list of candidates that is roughly 80 names long. He says there are about 20 people at the top of the list, seven or eight of whom are women.
Harvard has combed both the academic and professional theater worlds for potential directors, including repertory theaters located in towns with major universities.
“These people are all over the country...we’re staying quite flexible,” Rudenstine said.
One for the Books: Renovating Harvard's Flagship Library
September 1951 Registration Issue
Faculty Shells Out for Widener Face-Lifting
Widener Library underwent $300,000 worth of internal improvement during the course of the summer. Fluorescent lighting will illuminate the dimness out of its dusky innards. Its classic staircase is now split by a railing and some sections are lined with treads. Its elevators have been modernized. All of the bills were paid for by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences which each year shells out about $1,000,000 to keep the massive library in operation.
Wednesday, April 17, 2002
Stacks' First Chapter Ends
By BLYTHE M. ADLER
As of Monday, all of Widener Library’s 3.5 million books resided in air-conditioned comfort.
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