." >> susie: but in 2001, harvard president neil rudenstine came calling. university had been co-ed for years and its famous sister school, radcliffe college, was being transformed into a think tank partly focused on women and gender. the new radcliffe institute for advanced study needed a dean. this time, faust said yes. >> the radcliffe job seemed so attractive, because it seemed one that mattered a lot for the place of women at harvard. and i'd also-- my daughter was about to graduate from high school. i had had second bout of cancer the year before. i'd had breast cancer in 1988. and then i had thyroid cancer in 1999. and i... i think it just makes you think, risk? what the heck? >> susie: the same year faust arrived in cambridge, harvard got a new president: former treasury secretary larry summers. ( applause ) >> larry summers was absolutely beloved by the student body. >> susie: elias groll was, until recently, managing editor of the "harvard crimson"-- the university's student newspaper. >> larry was someone who came into harvard with a very clear v