Word: ackley
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Following the publication of The Crimson's profile of Anderson on May 7 [Taking a Sharp Turn to the Right], Anderson and his tyrannical majority tried to prevent vice-president David R. Ackley '91 and me, the two remaining dissenters on the board, from publicly voicing our opposition to his statements...
Anderson and his majority, in a series of midnight "emergency" meetings, told Ackley and me that the board could not tolerate dissent. They pressured Ackley to resign and, when he refused, they called another meeting to pass a measure to relieve him of his duties and condemn his actions...
...executive board of the Harvard Republican Club, in a letter explaining the censure and dismissal of former executive board member David R. Ackley...
This year, not everyone is happy. Valeria E. Scott '92, Sanders J. Chae '92 and Peter B. Rutledge '92 have all resigned from the executive board in protest of Anderson's extremist views. After the club's decision to support Peninsula without first reviewing the content of the magazine, Ackley says he almost quit as well, although he eventually decided to remain to try to "keep the extremism in moderation...
...that most of the moderate members of the HRC have withdrawn, Ackley and Anderson agree that the club will continue to move to the right in the future. Without internal dissension, the HRC may prove to be an even greater thorn in the side of Harvard's liberal majority next year...