Derek Bok

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

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

In 1969, Bok was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . Since 1980 he has been an elected member of the American Philosophical Society .

Bok's 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 Marketplace , 2003
• Our Underachieving Colleges , 2005
• The Politics of Happiness: What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being , Princeton University Press, 2010

Web links

• Harvard Graduate School of Education
• Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations
• Derek Bok's current Faculty Profile
• Association of American Colleges and Universities | National Leadership Council for Liberal Education

Individual evidence

1. ^ American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Book of Members ( PDF ). Retrieved April 15, 2016
2. ↑ Member Histrory: Derek C. Bok. American Philosophical Society, accessed May 9, 2018 (English, with short biography).