Derek Bok

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Person
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Harvard_Kennedy_School
gptkb:Harvard_Law_School
gptkb:Harvard_Graduate_School_of_Education
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:award Honorary Doctorate from Harvard University
Honorary Doctorate from University of Michigan
Honorary Doctorate from University of Pennsylvania
Honorary Doctorate from University of Edinburgh
gptkbp:birth_date 1930-03-22
gptkbp:children David Bok
Elizabeth Bok
William Bok
gptkbp:field gptkb:law
gptkb:Education_Reform
Higher Education
Public Policy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Derek Bok
gptkbp:image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/ Derek_ Bok_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Derek_ Bok_%28cropped%29.jpg
gptkbp:inception gptkb:1971
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Adlai_Stevenson
gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkb:Robert_F._Kennedy
gptkbp:known_for Public Speaking
Leadership in Higher Education
Advocacy for Educational Reform
Writing on Education
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_work Our Underachieving Colleges
The Trouble with Government
The Hardest Job in the World
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:lawyer
gptkb:educators
gptkbp:position_held President of Harvard University
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Nathan_Pusey
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Sally_H._Bok
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Neil_Rudenstine
gptkbp:term_end gptkb:1991
gptkb:2007
gptkbp:term_start gptkb:1971
gptkb:2006
gptkbp:website https://www.harvard.edu
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bates_College
gptkb:University_of_California,_Los_Angeles,_School_of_Law
gptkb:Harvard_University_Press
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5