6 Shifting the Post-Putsch Focus to a Larger Stage

Half of the tenured faculty had lobbied for his resignation, but after Bok had rendered his decision, Howard was still there. Most astonishing to him was the fact that, of the faculty members who had signed a letter that said, among other things, that they could not continue to work with him as dean, not one left the school. In his memoir, Howard wrote, “I had waited anxiously through the summer for Derek's decision, apprehensive lest he ask me to leave. But when the decision came, I realized it was only slightly better than the outcome I had dreaded. For, of course, I had to return to the School.”