To fend off illiberalism from the White House, the university’s president also has to confront illiberalism on campus.

The email landed at 10 minutes to midnight on a Friday in early April—a more menacing email than Alan Garber had imagined.

Dr. Garber, who had been the university’s interim president since Claudine Gay’s resignation in January, is expected to lead Harvard through at least the 2026-27 academic year.

Alan M. Garber ’76’s first semester in Harvard’s top job would have tested even the most battle-hardened university president — and technically, he was not even the real president.

Alan M. Garber, an economist and physician who is Harvard University's provost and chief academic officer, will serve as interim president after Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday.

The Trump administration has continued to pressure the university despite continuing talks to settle a monthslong dispute ...

Alan M. Garber ’76 will serve as Harvard’s 31st president, the school announced on Friday, rewarding the longtime provost-turned-interim president for his efforts to steer the University ...

Alan Garber, age 86, former piccolo player for the Army Band, loving ex-husband and companion of Phyllis, nee Matula, Garber; devoted husband of the late Beatrice, nee Bilsky, Garber; father of ...

In this 2023 photo, Harvard University Interim President Alan Garber — who was then provost — left, sits with then-Harvard President Lawrence Bacow, center, and actor Tom Hanks, right.

Garber, 69, had served as provost since 2011 before becoming interim president on Jan. 2 when Gay resigned. Harvard faculty members have widely discussed several possible candidates to be the next ...

Reuters. Interim president Alan Garber attends the 373rd Commencement Exercises at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 23, 2024.

Three months after university President Alan Garber struck a defiant tone by vowing not to “surrender its independence or its ...