Victor âVicâ Clay will serve as Harvardâs next chief of police, University President Lawrence S. Bacow and Executive Vice President Katherine N. Lapp announced in an email Tuesday afternoon, marking the conclusion to an eight-month long nationwide search for the next leader of the Harvard University Police Department.
Clay will leave a roughly 30-year career in law enforcement in Los Angeles to come to Cambridge, where he will begin his tenure at HUPD on July 26.
Currently, Clay serves as chief of campus security and parking services at the California Institute of Technology, a position he has held since June 2017. Previously, he was chief of campus safety at Occidental College in Los Angeles. In addition, he served with the Los Angeles County Sheriffâs Department for 28 years, where he was awarded a meritorious conduct medal for bravery in 1996.
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A âFundamentalâ Shift: Harvard Institute of Politics Marred by Tensions, Turnover as Kennedy School Asserts Increased Control
Previously unreported documents obtained by The Crimson reveal how concerns over the governance, performance, and leadership of Harvardâs storied Institute of Politics have come to a head in recent years.
The Harvard Institute of Politics was founded in 1966 as a memorial to President John F. Kennedy â40.
A âFundamentalâ Shift: Harvard Institute of Politics Marred by Tensions, Turnover as Kennedy School Asserts Increased Control
Previously unreported documents obtained by The Crimson reveal how concerns over the governance, performance, and leadership of Harvardâs storied Institute of Politics have come to a head in recent years.
Mark R. Haidar is President of Equal Democracy Project and a JD/MPP Candidate at Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
The Harvard community has spoken. An unprecedented coalition of students, faculty, and staff is calling on the administration to designate Election Day an instruction-free âDemocracy Dayâ â a University holiday that would institutionalize voting and civic engagement at Harvard for all U.S. federal elections beginning in 2022.
The movement for Democracy Day has united the Harvard community, transcending schools, Harvard affiliations, and political leanings. The Harvard Undergraduate Council and Harvard Graduate Council both unanimously passed a joint resolution signaling their support, as have all 12 graduate school student government bodies; a Community Letter has received more than 200 signatures from Harvard faculty, as well as hundreds more from students, staff, and alumni; and student organizations that span the politic