Angelica Rudenstine said that her husband made his decision entirely on his own, with only the University's best interest in mind.
"He now feels the University is in such a dynamic state that a new planning process needs to be launched," she said, explaining her husband's decision. "He couldn't possibly be the one to carry out a plan he might be able to initiate--he's not quite as young as he looks."
Rudenstine said his goals for the following year are many, but still achievable.
"It would be nice to be able to get approval of the Knafel Center [for Government and International Study] and raise the money to build it," he said.
In addition, Rudenstine hopes to start work on a new University museum as well as continuing to think about the larger issues like distance learning and globalization.
These larger issues, Rudenstine said, are going to be part of any Harvard agenda.
"He is determined to make this a very full and extremely hardworking year for Harvard," Angela Rudenstine said. "He has tremendous energy."
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