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Lawrence Seldon Bacow (/ ˈ b æ k aʊ /; born August 24, 1951) is an American economist and retired university administrator. Bacow served as the 12th president of Tufts University from 2001 to 2011 and as the 29th president of Harvard University from 2018 to 2023.
Jun 8, 2022 · Lawrence S. Bacow, the 29th president of Harvard University, announced Wednesday that he will step down on June 30, 2023. Widely regarded as one of the nation’s pre-eminent higher education leaders, Bacow conveyed his decision in a message to the Harvard community.
Lawrence S. Bacow served as the 29th President of Harvard University. Bacow was the Hauser Leader-in-Residence at the Center for Public Leadership and served as a member of the Harvard Corporation, the university’s principal governing board.
W hen Lawrence S. Bacow was elected the University’s twenty-ninth president in February 2018, the Corporation—on which he had served since 2011—and the Board of Overseers were confident that they had chosen the right person to keep the lights on: an experienced leader, familiar with Harvard, who could take charge promptly at a “pivotal moment fo...
Jun 8, 2022 · Lawrence S. Bacow announced on Wednesday that he would step down as president of Harvard in June 2023 following a tenure of five years, a period in which he steered the university through the...
Lawrence S. Bacow is the 29th President of Harvard University. Bacow was the Hauser Leader-in-Residence at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government’s Center for Public Leadership and served as a member of the Harvard Corporation, the university’s principal governing board.
May 22, 2023 · A photo of Larry Bacow’s mother, Ruth Wertheim, who survived Auschwitz, is displayed in her hometown of Londorf, Germany, where Bacow and other descendants of Holocaust victims cut ribbon on a memorial that was unveiled in September.
