Drew Gilpin Faust, the president of Harvard University, talks about leading the institution through a decade of change, from the financial crisis to the Trump era. DREW GILPIN FAUST: I feel that being a historian is a marvelous preparation for running an organization, because being a historian is studying change, how people change, why people change, why they resist change. SARAH GREEN CARMICHAEL: That’s Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust.