Teamwork takes cooperation up a notch because in this case, the individuals share a common goal. This is important in organizations that often operate in silos and require cross-functional actions to achieve a goal, e.g. putting on a company trade show. Teams form as needed and disperse when the goal is reached.
The Class of 1984 included Loretta Lynch, who would later become the first African-American woman to be Attorney General of the United States. In 1990, Barack Obama was elected as the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. Obama, who graduated from HLS in 1991, would later represent Illinois in the U.S Senate, and in 2008 would become the 44th President of the United States, and the first African-American president.
Taft, free of the Presidency, served as Professor of Law at Yale until President Harding made him Chief Justice of the United States, a position he held until just before his death in 1930. To Taft, the appointment was his greatest honor; he wrote: I don't remember that I ever was President.. The Presidential biographies on WhiteHouse.gov are from âThe Presidents of the United States of America,â by Frank Freidel and Hugh Sidey. Copyright 2006 by the White House Historical Association. Learn more about William Howard Taft 's spouse, Helen Herron Taft.