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December 6, 2006

Reports: Brown's Simmons on Harvard short list

Brown University President Ruth Simmons is on a list of 30 candidates to head Harvard University, according to articles published in the Boston Globe and the student-run Harvard Crimson.

The names were given to Harvard’s Board of Overseers, the second-most powerful group on campus, at a meeting on Sunday in Cambridge, Mass., according to the reports. Sixteen of the 30 names were leaked to the media.

A Brown University spokeswoman refused late this afternoon to comment on the reports.

In addition to Simmons, there are several distinguished university leaders on the list leaked to the media:
-- Columbia University President Lee Bollinger
-- University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann
-- Tufts University President Lawrence Bacow
-- Stanford University Provost John Etchemendy
-- University of Cambridge Vice Chancellor Alison Richard
-- Princeton University President Shirley Tilghman
-- University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman
-- University of California President Robert Dynes
-- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson
-- Cornell University Provost Carolyn Martin
-- Washington University in St. Louis Chancellor Mark Wrighton

-- With Bloomberg reports

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