Huh. I know the next president of Harvard.

Personal anecdote about Drew Faust: I was in her survey class, Am Civ 7: The American South, back when I was an undergraduate at Penn. Unlike most of my American Civ classes, this one was huge; fulfilled a lot of requirements and very popular. Maybe 300 students in the class.

A few weeks into the term, I had a question about something or other and showed up at her office hours. I’d been the front-row-sitting, ask-a-lot-of-questions kind of student in the lectures, but still expected to introduce myself. She looks up from her desk and says, “Hi, Jeff, what can I do for you?”

I’m thinking the Crimson made a good call.