Harvard appoints Claudine Gay as first black president

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: December 21 2022

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Harvard University has appointed Claudine Gay, a social scientist and faculty dean, as its next president, making her the first black person and second woman to lead the prestigious academic institution.
Gay will take office in July 2023. She was elected to the presidency by the Harvard Corporation, the University’s principal governing board.
She will replace Lawrence Bacow, who had guided the university through the Covid-19 pandemic and this year announced his plans to step down in June.
Gay, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, is currently a democracy scholar and the dean of the faculty of arts and sciences at the university.

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Harvard appoints Claudine Gay as first black president