It's True, Then
As blogger Adam Goldenberg reported last week, Jeremy Bloxham has turned down the FAS deanship. (The Crimson reports the news today.)
With Bloxham out, two of the most serious contenders appear to be Sociology Department Chair Robert J. Sampson and Psychology Department Chair Stephen M. Kosslyn, though other professors could still be candidates, the two individuals close to University administrators said.
Well! This is Drew Faust's first bump in the road, and it is a large one. She now has to hurry to appoint a second choice before the end of the school year, because the dean should be appointed by the end of the school year. (It's already taken an awkwardly long time.)
Here's a question: How you can not know that someone will say no if you offer them a job....isn't that what due diligence is for? And yet, the Corporation gets turned down by Thomas Cech, and Drew Faust gets ixnayed by Bloxham.
Of course, as readers of 02138 will soon find out, there are all sorts of poetic justices in this recent episode....