| Derek Bok  AKA Derek Curtis Bok
Born: 22-Mar-1930
Birthplace: Bryn Mawr, PA
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Educator Nationality: United States
Executive summary: President of Harvard, 1971-91 Military service: US Army (1956-58) Father: Curtis Bok
Mother: Margaret Plummer
Wife: Sissela Bok (ethicist, dau. of Gunnar Myrdal, m. 1955, one son, two daughters)
Daughter: Hilary Bok (philosophy professor at Harvard)
University: BA, Stanford University (1951)
Law School: LLB, Harvard Law School (1954)
Professor: Law, Harvard University
Administrator: Dean, Harvard Law School (1968-71)
Administrator: President, Harvard University (1971-91)
Committee for Economic Development Trustee
Common Cause Chairman (1999-2006)
The Constitution Project Constitutional Amendments Initiative
Human Rights First National Council
Obama for America
Author of books:
Beyond the Ivory Tower (1982)
Higher Learning (1986)
Universities and the Future of America (1990)
The State of the Nation (1997)
The Trouble with Government (2001)
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