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...gift for Graham Allison, to make his soul merry...
...weeks ago, Graham T. Allison Jr. '62, dean of the Kennedy School, tried to case the pain by rejecting a Kennedy School student resolution that called for the renaming of the library...
...Allison said that renaming the library would offend donors and would "do little to advance the cause of freedom in South Africa." However, he established a committee to propose criteria for accepting donations and naming buildings, that would both meet the school's financial needs and "avoid unnecessary controversy...
Significantly, Dean Allison's report rails to note in any way Charles Engelhard's role in fostering racial injustice. Perhaps it is necessary to include a brief reminder to him and any others who believe the Engelhard issue is less than clear cut. Charles Engelhard parlayed an inheritance of twenty million dollars into a quarter of a billion fortune through his chairmanship of Rand Mines which controlled an estimated fifteen per cent of the South African gold mining industry during...
Should the University honor such a man by dedicating a library of public affairs to him? (Harvard administrators insist that they will accept any gifts as long as there are "no strings attached.") Dean Allison, when pressed by the Kennedy School Black Students Caucus, admitted that there is in fact no contract requiring the naming of the library after Engelhard. If so, why not change the name? Is the Kennedy School frankly admitting that there should be no relationship between morality and public affairs? Must we seek funds from and honor every wealthy donor, no matter how immoral their source...