Alan M. Garber
The Steward
Legacy, values and the long now, leadership as care and continuity.
Alan M. Garber is The Steward in the truest sense, a leader who assumed Harvard's presidency amid congressional scrutiny, campus tensions, and hard questions about academic freedom, and refused to abandon the university's foundational commitments under pressure. A physician-economist by training, he pairs analytical steadiness with principled endurance. He does not chase the moment. He protects the institution across it, which is exactly what Stewards exist to do.
“We sued because they cut off our funding. It was done in a precipitous manner without any real process. We really had no choice because we had hundreds of millions of dollars at stake.”
“We would adhere to the law, not change our values and principles, but we would certainly adhere to the law.”
“It is extremely important for Harvard and our peer institutions to re-establish trust in our institutions and our mission, because what we've accomplished really would not have been possible without this incredibly successful partnership with the federal government.”
The David Rubenstein Show: “Alan M. Garber”
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