June 15, 2006

Daniel Steiner, former Harvard vice president and general counsel, 72 Daniel Steiner, who died recently at age 72, was appointed Harvard's first general counsel by President Nathan M. Pusey in 1970. Following a long and distinguished Harvard career, Steiner became president of the New England Conservatory - the first non-musician ever to do so. Said Derek Bok, 'Dan Steiner was one of the wisest, most humane colleagues I have ever had.' (File photo Jane Reed/Harvard News Office) Full story

Campus news and events

• Harvard continues 'what-if' planning
  Develops response plans for avian flu, other emergencies


• Gazettes online this summer


• Med School students get their lounge; name it after Dean Martin


• Managing Harvard's changing email
  Summer workshops to set the record straight

Awards and fellowships

• Asian studies centers, institutes name fellows


• IOP names director's interns, stipend recipients


• David Rockefeller gift endows Coatsworth Fellowships


• Fisher Prize in Geographical Information Science awarded
  Committee recognizes graduate and undergraduate with honors


• Richardson Fellows in Public Service named


• DRCLAS awards record number of internships, research grants


• Weatherhead Center awards 60 grants and fellowships

In memoriam

• Linguistics, history scholar Pritsak, 87


• Daniel Steiner, former Harvard vice president and general counsel, 72


• Austin L. Vickery Jr.: Memorial Minute

Newsmakers

In brief

Police reports

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