Harvard University will likely appoint former Penn professor Drew Faust as its next president this weekend, according to The Harvard Crimson.
Citing three unidentified sources, the Crimson reported yesterday that Faust, currently the dean of Harvard's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, will be named as the university's first female president Sunday.
Harvard spokesman John Longbrake would not comment on the report.
Faust earned her phd from Penn in American Civilization in 1975 and was a history professor with the University until 2001, when she left to become the Radcliffe dean at Harvard.
There were reports in 2003 that Faust was being considered to succeed Judith Rodin as Penn's next president, a position that ultimately went to current University President Amy Gutmann.
Harvard will become the fourth Ivy League university with a female president currently at the helm, joining Gutmann, Princeton University president Shirley Tilghman and Brown University president Ruth Simmons.
