President Alan M. GarberAfter a dozen years as provost, and seven months as interim president (he was appointed January 2), Alan M. Garber became Harvard’s thirty-first president on August 2, when the governing boards announced their decision. Jennifer O’Connor | Photograph by Noah WilliamsNew General CounselJennifer O’Connor ’87 has been appointed vice president and general counsel as of July 29. The Graduate School of Education, School of Public Health, and Kennedy School faculties appear ready to debate and vote on the proposal when they reconvene this fall. Joseph Y. Bae ’94, who became a fellow of the Harvard Corporation on July 1, and Janice Y.K. According to the Harvard Gazette, their class’s thirtieth reunion gift totaled at least $140 million.