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Derek Bok

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March 22, 1930 in The United States

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Derek Curtis Bok (born March 22, 1930) is an American lawyer and educator, and the former president of Harvard University.

Bok was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Stanford University (B.A., 1951), Harvard Law School (J.D., 1954), and George Washington University (A.M., 1958). He taught law at Harvard from 1958, where he served as dean of the law school (1968–1971) and then as university president (1971–1991). Bok currently serves as the Faculty Chair at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard and continues to teach at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Harvard Kennedy School.

After 15 years away from the Harvard presidency, Bok returned to lead the university on an interim basis after Lawrenc...more

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Books by Derek Bok

Average rating: 3.51 · 178 ratings · 25 reviews · 21 distinct works

	Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More 3.71 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education 3.32 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Politics of Happiness: What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being 3.25 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Cost of Talent: How Executives And Professionals Are Paid And How It Affects America 3.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Beyond the Ivory Tower: Social Responsibilities of the Modern University 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1982 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Universities and the Future of America 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1990	My rating:
	Higher Learning 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1986 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Trouble with Government 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2001 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The State of the Nation 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1997 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Cases And Materials On Labor Law 12th by Derek Bok, Robert A. Gorman, Matthew W. Finkin 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1996	My rating: