Alan Garber

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Alan Garber
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President of Harvard University
Interim
Assumed office
January 2, 2024

Alan Michael Garber (born May 7, 1955) is an American physician, health economist, and academic administrator. He is currently Harvard University's interim president. [1] [2] He served as Provost of Harvard from 2011 until March 14, 2024, when John F. Manning took on the position on an interim basis. [3]

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Early life and education

Garber was born in Illinois, in 1955, to Harry and Jean Garber in a Jewish household. [4] He grew up in Rock Island, Illinois. [5]

Garber attended Harvard College, where he obtained a B.A. in economics in 1976 followed by a M.A. and Ph.D. in economics, also from Harvard. [5] While pursuing his PhD, he enrolled simultaneously at Stanford University, where he received a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1983. [6] He completed his residency training in internal medicine at Harvard Medical School-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston in 1986.

Career

Garber succeeded Steven Hyman as the provost of Harvard University on September 1, 2011. [6]

Garber is also the Mallinckrodt Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School, Professor of Economics in the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Public Policy in the John F. Kennedy School of Government, and Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management in the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. [7] [8]

He is currently interim president of Harvard University, having succeeded Claudine Gay after her resignation. [9] Garber noted that he will not return to his position as provost after a permanent university president is named. [10]

Opposition to graduate student unionization

In July 2016, Harvard University's Office of the Provost launched a web page in response to its graduate students' efforts to unionize. [11] On August 23, 2016, following the Columbia decision which restored union rights to teaching and research assistants, the Provost's office wrote in an email to students, "we continue to believe that the relationship between students and the University is primarily about education, and that unionization will disrupt academic programs and freedoms, mentoring, and research at Harvard." [11] Following a decision by the Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board that Harvard was in violation of the Excelsior rule, Garber defended the university's appeal to the National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C., [12] writing that the university "believes that the November 2016 election results, which reflect the votes and voices of well-informed students, should stand, and has appealed the Regional Director's decision to the contrary." [11]

Pharmaceutical board memberships

In October 2019, The Harvard Crimson reported that Garber collected more than $2.7 million serving on the board of directors for Exelixis [13] and Vertex Pharmaceuticals [14] since being appointed as Harvard's provost in 2011, according to SEC filings. [15] The companies indicated that his compensation was normal for board members. Garber stated that he had thoroughly disclosed his industry affiliations in conflict of interest forms for the university.

Personal life

Garber and his wife Anne Yahanda have four children. [6]

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  1. ↑ "Biography". Harvard Office of the President. Archived from the original on February 2, 2024. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  2. ↑ Kool, Daniel; Koh, Elizabeth (January 2, 2024). "Who is Alan Garber, Harvard's incoming interim leader?". The Boston Globe . Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  3. ↑ Haidar, Emma H.; Kettles, Cam E. (March 1, 2024). "Harvard Law School Dean John Manning '82 Named Interim Provost by Garber". The Harvard Crimson . Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  4. ↑ Ben-David, Ricky; Magid, Jacob (January 4, 2024). "Harvard taps Jewish provost who lamented school's failure to denounce Hamas as interim president". The Times of Israel .
  5. 1 2 "Alan Michael Garber". Stanford University. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 "Alan M. Garber Appointed Provost". Harvard Magazine. April 15, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Alan M. Garber MD, PhD - Health Care Policy - Harvard Medical School". Hcp.med.harvard.edu. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Alan M. Garber". Nber.org. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Harvard President Claudine Gay Resigns, Shortest Tenure in University History". thecrimson.com. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  10. ↑ Haidar, Emma H.; Kettles, Cam E. (February 2, 2024). "Harvard Interim Leader Alan Garber Will Not Return as Provost, Doesn't Rule out Interest in Presidency". The Harvard Crimson . Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  11. 1 2 3 Bolotnikova, Marina (August 23, 2016). "Private Universities Must Recognize Graduate-Student Unions". Harvard Gazette. Harvard University. Archived from the original on November 19, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  12. ↑ Caroline S. Engelmayer (November 3, 2017). "Garber Defends NLRB Appeal in Message to Students". The Harvard Crimson . Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Exelixis Appoints Dr. Alan M. Garber to Board of Directors". Exelixis, Inc. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Vertex Names Dr. Alan Garber, Provost of Harvard University, to its Board of Directors". Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  15. ↑ "Harvard Provost Garber Has Collected $2.7 Million From Pharma Companies Since 2011 | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
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