Derek Bok

Derek Curtis Bok ( born March 22, 1930 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) is an American lawyer, educator, author, university professor. Previously, he was already President of Harvard University from 1971-1991 and from July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2007 its interim president.

Bok studied until 1951 at Stanford University ( BA), to 1954 at Harvard Law School ( LL.B. ) and until 1958 at the George Washington University ( AM). From 1958 to 1971 he was professor at Harvard University, where he was Dean from 1968 to 1971 and from 1971 to 1991 president of the university. On 1 July 2006 he took office again and was until June 30, 2007 interim president of Harvard University. His successor is Drew Gilpin Faust.

Boks daughter, Hilary Bok, is a Professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University.

Works

  • Labor and the American Community, 1970
  • Beyond the Ivory Tower, 1984
  • Higher Learning, 1986
  • Universities and the Future of America, 1990
  • The State of the Nation 1997
  • The Shape of the River, 1998 ( with William G. Bowen )
  • The Trouble with Government, 2001
  • Universities in the Market Place, 2003
  • Our Underachieving Colleges, 2005
  • The Politics of Happiness: What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being, Princeton University Press, 2010
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