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steve2470

(37,457 posts)
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 02:59 PM Jun 2017

Barack Obama could be the next president of Harvard University

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/06/16/barack-obama-could-be-the-next-president-of-harvard-university/22360782/

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The Boston Globe has thrown his name into the ring as a possible successor to replace current Harvard President Drew Faust, the school's first female president who announced this week she is planning to step down from the high profile role.

While the paper said it's possible the university decides to give the job to someone already at the school, they could look at alums as well.

Obama graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991 and served as the first African American editor of the school's prestigious Harvard Law Review.

The former president taught also constitutional law for more than a decade at the University of Chicago Law School and was often critiqued during his time in the White House for his "professorial" tendencies.

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He would make an excellent President there also, if he wishes it.
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Barack Obama could be the next president of Harvard University (Original Post) steve2470 Jun 2017 OP
Yes, please C_U_L8R Jun 2017 #1
Harvard would be lucky to have him. LakeArenal Jun 2017 #2
I would love to see this happen if that's what he wants. n/t Tarheel_Dem Jun 2017 #3
nooooooooooooooo mopinko Jun 2017 #4
Trump will ban people from going to Harvard if that happens rurallib Jun 2017 #5
I just want the Obamas to be happy Botany Jun 2017 #6
One thing I'm sure trump will never be accused of is being "professorial." n/t monmouth4 Jun 2017 #7
If offered he should take it because......... mrmpa Jun 2017 #8
He should consider it HuskyOffset Jun 2017 #9
That would be cool! calimary Jun 2017 #10
I hope this isnt what he wants. SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2017 #11

LakeArenal

(28,785 posts)
2. Harvard would be lucky to have him.
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 03:22 PM
Jun 2017

Obama says he wants to work with young people.. There you go.. Dream youth, dream job, dream candidate for the position.

Botany

(70,424 posts)
6. I just want the Obamas to be happy
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 05:14 PM
Jun 2017

And BTW going in front of the Congressional Committees and the Mr. Mueller
and telling what he knows and what he told to Ryan and McConnel last summer
might be nice too.

mrmpa

(4,033 posts)
8. If offered he should take it because.........
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 05:23 PM
Jun 2017

Malia would not have to pay tuition. The dependent's of most University staff receive this benefit.

HuskyOffset

(888 posts)
9. He should consider it
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 05:55 PM
Jun 2017

now that the most prestigious University (Trump University) has been closed. Obama would never have been invited to teach at the most illustrious & awesomest University ever. Second rate schools like Harvard or Yale are the best he can hope for. Sad.


/sarcasm

calimary

(81,044 posts)
10. That would be cool!
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 06:07 PM
Jun 2017

Hell, I'd love to see him as Secretary-General of the UN. But he's not eligible because he's from one of the five permanent members of the Security Council. Those are China, France, Russia (formerly the Soviet Union), the United Kingdom, and the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_members_of_the_United_Nations_Security_Council


Article 97 of the United Nations Charter determines that the Secretary-General is "appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council." As the recommendation must come from the Security Council, any of the five permanent members of the Council can veto a nomination. Most Secretaries-General are compromise candidates from middle powers and have little prior fame. Unofficial qualifications for the job have been set by precedent in previous selections. The appointee may not be a citizen of any of the Security Council's five permanent members.[7] The General Assembly resolution 51/241 in 1997 stated that in the appointment of "the best candidate", due regard should be given to regional (continental) rotation of the appointee's national origin and to gender equality.[8]:5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary-General_of_the_United_Nations

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