CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Claudine Gay will be the first person of color and second woman in Harvard University's 386-year history to serve as president. The social scientist will transition from her role as the Edgerley Family dean of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences to succeed current university president Larry Bacow in July.
"I'm absolutely humbled by the confidence that the governing board has placed in me. I'm also incredibly humbled by the prospect of succeeding President Bacow in leading this remarkable institution," Gay said at a university event Thursday to announce her election.
"I can't help but think of a much younger version of myself–a first year graduate student moving into Haskins Hall lugging the things that seemed most essential to my success at the time: a futon, a Mac Classic II, and a cast iron skillet for frying plantains," Gay said."That Claudine could not possibly have imagined that her path would lead here, but I carry forward both her excitement and her belief in the infinite possibility of Harvard.
"Claudine is a remarkable leader. She's done outstanding work through unusually challenging times as the dean of Harvard, the largest and most academically diverse faculty," Pritzker said at the announcement ceremony.
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