"Larry's exceptional ability to keep his eye on the important issues and drive them forward with engaging enthusiasm is obvious to all who have worked with him. His leadership and vision have been greatly appreciated and admired by those of us working on this unique collaboration."
-Sir Alec Broers, Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University

"Larry is a fine leader and academic. I've known him for many years and have been impressed by his ability to build relationships with business both domestically and internationally. He is dynamic and imaginative and well prepared for the competitive years ahead."
-Lord Alex Trotman, Chairman of the Board and CEO (retired), Ford Motor Company

"Professor Larry Bacow is an unusually well-rounded person with interests covering the entire spectrum from fundamental science to economics to education to professional hockey. He is also a gifted scholar and administrator who combines excellent human interaction skills with both breadth and depth in scholarship. I cannot imagine a better choice for Tufts and I congratulate you in your success in attracting Larry to your university."
-Bob Birgeneau, President, University of Toronto

"Larry has a deep and enduring interest in science, and a phenomenal understanding of how science is conducted, especially in this very complicated time, when more and more research is being done across several disciplines. Larry is practical, ethical, fair, supportive of people and their research passions and has an abiding respect for institutions. He's a true science enthusiast and a humanist in the old-fashioned sense of the word."
- Susan Whitehead, Chairman, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at MIT

"As a faculty member, the Chair of the MIT Faculty, and as Chancellor, Larry Bacow has been one of the Institute's extraordinary citizens. In a real sense, Larry's term as Chair of the Faculty redefined the position and set a standard for those of us who followed him. He has the ability to bring together faculty, staff and students to work for shared solutions to important problems in a way that fully engages diverse groups and interests. It has been both an honor and a pleasure to have had the opportunity to work with him. Tufts University is fortunate to have him as its next leader, and I am confident he will enhance both educational and research programs there."

"Larry and I both graduated in the MIT undergraduate class of 1972, and we have worked together for over 20 years on the MIT faculty. I deeply believe that his going to Tufts is our loss and their gain. My wife, daughter and brother-in-law are all Tufts alumni, so I don't begrudge them getting Larry as their president. However, I confess that I will miss him."
-Professor Steven R. Lerman, Chair of the Faculty, MIT

"I first worked with Larry during MIT's January inter-session, IAP (Independent Activities Period), when we both attended the LeaderShape Program. Larry co-facilitated my group, and since then I have been fortunate enough to work with him both professionally and as a fellow member of the MIT community."

"When I first took office as Undergraduate Association President in the spring of 2000, Larry warned me that we might sometimes have to disagree, even publicly. Well, he was right and sometimes we did, but always as colleagues and always because we both had a vision for student life and learning on this campus. Even through the most sensitive issues, his door remained open, and I certainly made use of that."

"From a vantage point ten years in the future, I think Larry's legacy at MIT will be our new Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center and the Richard Simmons Hall Undergraduate residence. Larry played an instrumental role in removing both from drawing boards and making them realities. In ten years, MIT's Cambridge alliance, another accomplishment of Larry's, should be an established part of MIT culture, with students regularly going abroad, experiencing England without missing MIT's education."

"MIT is losing someone who played a strong role in shaping this campus as we move into the next century, and his presence will be missed here. Good luck to Larry and good luck to Tufts University." -- Peter A. Shulman, MIT undergraduate