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Derek Bok

Derek Curtis Bok (born March 22, 1930) is an American lawyer and educator. He was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and graduated from Stanford University (B.A., 1951) and Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1954). He taught law at Harvard from 1958, where he served as dean of the law school (1968-1971) and then as university president (1971-1991). As of 2004, Bok continues to teach at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Works

  • Labor and the American Community, 1970
  • Beyond the Ivory Tower, 1984
  • The State of the Nation, 1997
  • The Trouble with Government, 2001
  • Universities in the Marketplace, 2003

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Preceded by:
Nathan M. Pusey
President of Harvard University Succeeded by:
Neil L. Rudenstine
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