He was both feared and beloved by undergraduates during three university presidential administrations, and he was the subject of more class day anecdotes, probably, than
His senior thesis was awarded a Latin honors grade of summa cum laude, nominated for a Thomas T. Hoopes, Class of 1919, Prize, and Sheng was given the College's Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts by then President of Harvard University Lawrence Summers.
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On May 4, 2010, Catherine Drew Gilpin Faust, President of Harvard University, appointed him dean of the Harvard Business School.
At Harvard's founding it was headed by a "schoolmaster", Nathaniel Eaton.
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Other past speakers include: Kai-Fu Lee, founding president of Google China; Lawrence Summers, former President of Harvard University; Yuanli Liu, Assistant Professor and Founding Director of the China Initiative from Harvard School of Public Health; Kim Kardashian, American celebutante; Johnny Depp, famous actor; and Nancy Barry, former president of Women's World Banking.
Conant is the granddaughter of James Bryant Conant, noted chemist and President of Harvard University.