Universities—as distinct from the scholars: “A Wunderkind Goes Home,” Newsweek, March 26, 2001, 94.
A single compelling idea: Sam Tanenhaus, “The Ivy League’s Angry Star,” Vanity Fair, June 2002, 220.
One needs an enemy: John Kenneth Galbraith, Name-Dropping: From F.D.R. On (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1999), 18.
CHAPTER FIVE: WASHINGTON ON THE CHARLES
I would travel all over the world: Lawrence H. Summers, “Remarks at the President’s Associates Dinner,” November 16, 2001. Found at http://www.president.harvard.edu/speeches/2001/presidentassoc.html.
What will shape this world: Lawrence H. Summers, “Remarks to the Harvard College Fund Assembly,” October 25, 2003. Found at http://www.president.harvard.edu/speeches/2003/college_fund.html.
The world is really shaped: Lawrence H. Summers, “Some Thoughts on Undergraduate Education,” Commencement Address, June 5, 2003.
Nothing that would give greater support: Harvard Crimson, March 10, 2003.
Harvard exists for only one reason: Lawrence H. Summers, “Remarks at Tobin School,” January 9, 2002. Found at http://www.president.harvard.edu/speeches/2002/afterschool.html.
A “passion for Athenian law”: “John Harvard’s Journal,” Harvard Magazine, January–February 2002, 65.
We couldn’t be choosy: Smith, The Harvard Century, 205.
Harvard’s loss is Wisconsin’s gain: Kai Bird, The Color of Truth: McGeorge Bundy and William Bundy: Brothers in Arms (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998), 119.
Serene and quiet courage: Smith, The Harvard Century, 208.
Undergraduates who get excited: Ibid., 210.
I was tougher then: Ibid., 244.
The most important problems in the world: Lawrence H. Summers, “Remarks at Harvard School of Public Health,” October 26, 2001. Found at http://www.president.harvard.edu/speeches/2001/sph.html.
An “American decade”: Interview with Lawrence Summers, “Commanding Heights,” the Public Broadcasting Service, April 24, 2001.
If you read Gandhi: From Brian Palmer’s class, “Personal Choice and Global Transformation,” on March 17, 2004.
When they think of police: Lawrence H. Summers, “Remarks at Public Service Awards Dinner,” October 26, 2001. Found at http://www.president.harvard.edu/speeches/2001/ksg.html.
Their work is America’s work: The video can be seen at http://www.goarmy.com/flindex.jsp.
Sex between the Bushes: Washington Post, July 1, 2001.
They literally look terrible: Vasugi V. Ganeshananthan, “Image Is in the Eye,” The Harvard Crimson, May 17, 2002.
Above average in fatness: “Larry Summers Is Fat,” The Demon, March 2003, 2.
The most arcane subjects: J. Madeleine Nash, “The Geek Syndrome?” Time, May 6, 2002, 50.
The person with AS: Barbara L. Kirby, “What Is Asperger Syndrome?” from O.A.S.I.S., Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support, at http://www.udel.edu/bkirby/asperger/aswhatisit.html.
Being a good baseball scout: Summers made the remark at a forum sponsored by the School of Education on April 23, 2004.
As a Muslim: Zayed Yasin, “Of Faith and Citizenship: My American Jihad,” reprinted in Harvard Magazine, July–August 2002, 65.
Jayed…Zayed: Today, NBC News Transcripts, June 5, 2002.
We venerate at this university: Lawrence H. Summers, “ROTC Commissioning Ceremony,” June 5, 2002. Found at http://www.president.harvard.edu/speeches/2002/rotc.html.
CHAPTER SIX: LARRY SUMMERS AND THE BULLY PULPIT
History teaches us that: From “Harvard President Lawrence Summers Speaks at Health Care: East and West,” from HMI World—A Bimonthly Newsletter Published by Harvard Medical International, June 27,2001. Found at http://www.hms.harvard.edu/hmi/wnew/summers_ transcript.html.
His idea of study abroad: Kirby made the remark at a lunch for Harvard alumni in London, England, on November 15, 2003, but often delivered variations of it when meeting with alumni.
The Crimson staff hope: Harvard Crimson, November 18, 2002.
I’ve been thinking about retirement: Ibid., September 9, 2002.
He just wanted to stand up: Ibid.
Rick has served Harvard: Harvard University Gazette, August 22, 2002.
The petition called for divestment: The full petition can be found at http://harvardmitdivest.org/petition.html.
A counter-petition: The petition was online at harvardmitjustice.org, but is no longer available online.
One of those tormented Jewish girls: Andrea Shen, “Elisa New Weaves Literary Strands into One Web,” Harvard University Gazette, September 23, 1999.
An unlimited number of Jews: Morton Keller and Phyllis Keller, Making Harvard Modern, 49.
Snowballing New York contingent: Ibid., 51.
I speak with you today: Lawrence H. Summers, “Address at Morning Prayers,” September 17, 2002. Found at http://www.president.harvard.edu/speeches/2002/morningprayers.html.
Respect and admire moral clarity: Lawrence Summers, “ROTC Commissioning Ceremony,” June 5, 2002. Found at http://www.president.harvard.edu/speeches/2002/rotc.html.
To single out the Jewish state of Israel: Alan M. Dershowitz, “A Challenge to House Master Hanson,” Harvard Crimson, September 23, 2002.190 With an empty chair: Ibid.
Criticizing the actions and laws: Rita Hamad, Shadi Hamid, and Yousef Munnayer, “Free Speech or Intimidation,” Harvard Crimson, November 4, 2002.
Unpopular opinions have become: “Morning Edition,” National Public Radio, October 22, 2002.
Killed in Crossfire: Tom Paulin, “Killed in Crossfire,” The Observer, February 18, 2001.
I think they are Nazis: Al-Ahram, April 4–10, 2002.
My views have been distorted: Daily Mail, April 19, 2002.
Lousy but famous poet: Martin Peretz, “The Poet and the Murderer,” The New Republic, April 29, 2002, 38.
That sounds pretty bad: Jeffrey Toobin, “Speechless,” The New Yorker, January 27, 2003, 32. I am indebted to Toobin’s thorough and excellent article, upon which I drew to describe the controversy surrounding Tom Paulin’s invitation to speak at Harvard.
The people who selected him: Ibid., 32.
You should ask Larry Summers: Ibid., 33.
The invitation does not represent: Neil Rudenstine, “Statement about Visit of China President Jiang Zemin,” Harvard University Gazette, October 30, 1997.
Widespread consternation that has arisen: Lawrence Buell’s statement was posted on the Harvard Department of English’s website, but can no longer be found there.
What is truly dangerous: Alan M. Dershowitz, Charles Fried, and Laurence H. Tribe, “Withdrawing Paulin’s Invitation Unnecessary,” The Harvard Crimson, November 15, 2002.
The department in no sense: From “Harvard English Department’s Invitation of Tom Paulin to Give Poetry Reading—Supplementary Information,” November 21, 2002. Found at http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~english/events/announcements.html.
Invitations to Harvard departments: Lawrence H. Summers, “Statement Regarding Invitation to Tom Paulin,” November 20, 2002. Found at http://www.president.harvard.edu/speeches/2002/poet.html.
The programme though: Tom Paulin, “On Being Dealt the Anti-Semitic Card,” The Guardian, January 8, 2003.
Our rottweiler Larry: Monica Collins, “Ask Dog Lady,” Cambridge Chronicle, March 1, 2003.
CHAPTER SEVEN: THE UNEXPECTED EXIT OF HARRY LEWIS
A 2001 Boston Globe survey: Boston Globe, February 4, 2001.
Nearly half of the Harvard College student body felt depressed: The Harvard Crimson, March 31, 2003.
Harvard’s mental health crisis: Harvard Crimson, January 12, 2004.
You’re here by mistake: William C. Kirby, “Remarks at the Opening Exercises for Freshmen,” September 7, 2003. Found at http://www.fas.harvard.edu/home/administration/kirby/opening_exercises_2003.html.
In Yale time: Richard C. Levin, The Work of the University (New Haven: Yale University Press,
2003), 57.
The greatest danger for a university: Washington Post, June 24, 2004.
Camp Harvard: Anthony S. A. Freinberg, “Debunking Camp Harvard,” The Harvard Crimson, March 21, 2003.
I did once use the phrase ‘camp counselor’: Ibid.
That has staggering potential: Lawrence H. Summers, “Remarks at Spring Members’ Meeting of the Zell/Lurie Real Estate Center,” April 22, 2004. Found at http://www.president.harvard.edu/speeches/2004/wharton.html.
Part of a broader university: Harvard Crimson, December 3, 2002.
They are gracefully unambiguous: Jeremy Knowles quoted on “Wild About Harry—Recollections from Colleagues and Friends,” a DVD in honor of Harry Lewis’ service as dean of Harvard College.
A review taking place post–Sept. 11: Harvard Crimson, September 30, 2002.
Lewis’ introduction of American values: Ibid.
Newton and Einstein did their main thinking: Lawrence H. Summers, “Baccalaureate Address,” June 4, 2002. Found at http://www.president.harvard.edu/speeches/2002/baccalaureate.html.
Not to put too much pressure on you: Lawrence H. Summers, “Remarks at Opening Exercises,” September 8, 2002. Found at http://www.president.harvard.edu/speeches/2002/welcome.html.
Autumn was the time for executions: William J. Kirby, “Self-Cultivation, Self-Criticism, and Self-Renewal,” September 27, 2002. Found at http://www.fas.harvard.edu/home/administration/kirby/speech_092702.html.
Dean Lewis has done a great deal: Harvard Crimson, March 18, 2003.
Gross was overwhelmed: Harvard Crimson, June 10, 2004.
CHAPTER EIGHT: WAR
As much of this chapter is about Timothy McCarthy, I should note that I knew McCarthy before commencing the writing of this book. While a graduate student at Harvard from 1989 to 1992, I served as a tutor in the department of history and literature, and in that capacity I taught McCarthy in his junior year tutorial during the 1991–1992 school year. We did not stay in touch over the next eleven years, and it was to my surprise that I discovered, upon beginning this book, that McCarthy had become a scholar and was teaching at Harvard.
Race Is Never Neutral: Lawrence H. Summers and Laurence H. Tribe, “Race Is Never Neutral,” New York Times, March 29, 2003.
I do believe in affirmative action: Lawrence Summers during a question-and-answer session at the Harvard Club of New York, March 20, 2004.
Smell the roses: New York Times, May 30, 2004.
This has been a good year: Lawrence H. Summers, “Some Thoughts on Undergraduate Education,” June 5, 2003. Found at http://www.president.harvard.edu/speeches/2003/commencement03.html.
Different people have different views: Harvard Crimson, May 21, 2003.
CHAPTER NINE: SILENT CAMPUS
Five reader letters: New York Times, September 7, 2003.
What good did I do?: Boston Globe, August 23, 2003.
Anytime Peter Gomes ascends: Lawrence H. Summers, “Address at Morning Prayers,” September 15, 2003. Found at http://www.president.harvard.edu/speeches/2003/prayer.html.
This is your university: Lawrence H. Summers, “Remarks at Black Alumni Weekend,” October 4, 2003. Found at http://www.president.harvard.edu/speeches/2003/blackalum.html.
My wife lives alone: “Editor’s Commentary,” Mother Jones, July–August 1996, http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/ednote/1996/07/klein.html.
HLS Lambda filed a friend-of-the-court brief: In late November 2004, a federal appeals court ruled in the FAIR lawsuit that the Pentagon could not block funding to universities that restricted military recruiting. Harvard Law School dean Elena Kagan promptly reinstated the school’s ban on military recruiting; Larry Summers had no immediate comment. The Bush administration was expected to appeal the court ruling.
There is a feeling in the faculty: Harvard Crimson, November 19, 2003.
No journalist is ever satisfied: David H. Gellis and Kate L. Rakoczy, “The Iron Curtain Lowers Over University Hall,” Harvard Crimson, February 5, 2004.
The comment was regrettable: The South Korean Health and Welfare Minister posted the comment on his homepage, at http://english.mohw.go.kr/html/01greetings/sub01.htm.
I just left that class thinking: Harvard Crimson, January 11, 2003.
The university will spit me out: Camille Dodero, “Class Notes,” The Boston Phoenix, March 13–20, found at http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/this_just_in/documents/02753363.htm.
Our purpose…is to cultivate: James Bryant Conant, General Education in a Free Society (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1945), xiv.
A very close call: Peter Engel, “Harvard’s Soft Core,” The Washington Monthly, January 1980, 43.
No very substantial intellectual experience: Ibid., 191.
The student has passed an uneventful period: Kenneth S. Lynn, “Son of ‘Gen Ed,’ Commentary, September 1978, 61.
A very good menu: Harvard Crimson, June 9, 2004.
The only workable solution: Phyllis Keller, Getting at the Core (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1992), 135.
A class struggle: Ibid., 139.
The ideal candidate: “Kids Under Pressure,” CNN, April 20, 2002.
Is it really worth the effort: Ibid.
World’s Greatest University: Arianne R. Cohen, “World’s Greatest University, World’s Worst Teachers,” Harvard Crimson, November 4, 2002.
They remember feeling excitement: J. Hale Russell, “The Curricular Misnomer,” Harvard Crimson, March 25, 2004.
An impact on universities across the nation: New York Times, April 27, 2004.
A bold step forward: Boston Globe, April 28, 2004.
The last time Harvard reviewed its undergraduate curriculum: Thomas Bartlett, “What’s Wrong with Harvard,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 7, 2004, 14.
University administrators across the country: Harvard Crimson, April 16, 2004.
Stunningly bland and half-baked recommendations: J. Hale Russell, “Nobody Likes a Bad Review,” Harvard Crimson, April 29, 2004.
The key words were: J. Hale Russell, “A Hard Sell,” Harvard Crimson, May 17, 2004.
CONCLUSION: THE PRESIDENT ON HIS THRONE
The president wanted to move: Lawrence H. Summers, “President’s Letter to the Harvard Community on Allston Planning,” October 21,2003. Found at http://www.president.harvard.edu/speeches/2003/lhs_allston.html.
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