CHAPTER 12

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I’m not the woman president of Harvard. I’m the President of Harvard.

—Drew Gilpin Faust

Some people lock into their vocational specialty early on, navigate their careers, and look back in retirement on their professional success. That describes my friend I mentioned earlier, Larry Lee. I remember a time we were out in the yard, and he pointed out what types of clouds were in the sky. We were about 9 or 10 years old at the time. He knew he wanted to be a meteorologist, go to the University of Wisconsin, and join the National Weather Service. This was at a time the rest of us were still trying to learn long division. Leo, as we know ...

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