Derek Bok
Politician
1930 –
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Who is Derek Bok?
Derek Curtis Bok is an American lawyer and educator and the former president of Harvard University. He is the son of Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice Curtis Bok and Margaret Plummer Bok; the grandson of Ladies' Home Journal editor Edward W. Bok and Mary Louise Curtis Bok Zimbalist, founder of the Curtis Institute of Music; the cousin of prominent Maine folklorist Gordon Bok; and the great-grandson of Cyrus H. K. Curtis, founder of the Curtis Publishing Company, publisher of national magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post.
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- Born
- Mar 22, 1930
Bryn Mawr - Also known as
- Derek Curtis Bok
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- George Washington University
( - 1958) - Juris Doctor, Harvard Law School
( - 1954) - Bachelor of Arts, Stanford University
( - 1951) - Harvard University
- George Washington University
- Employment
- University President, Harvard University
(1971 - 1991) - Dean, Harvard Law School
(1968 - 1971)
- University President, Harvard University
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on July 23, 2013
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