Word: alumni
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prime example of this is the process ofselecting nominees for the Board of Overseers,Harvard's alumni-elected governing body...
Officials say that money alone is not enough ofa qualification for the Board, and that they tryto provide alumni with a diverse slate ofcandidates from which to chose. But insiders saypast generosity is always a plus...
...People who care about the place enough to givea lot of money are interested enough to be on acommittee, too," says Robert N. Shapiro '72, vicepresident of the Harvard Alumni Association...
Despite the criticism of the arrangement, thepractice of placing donors on advisory committeescontinues, according to those familiar withHarvard fundraising. And, particularly in schoolswith few wealthy alumni such as the Kennedy Schooland the Graduate School of Design (GSD), thoseadvisory committees are instrumental in helping tocreate affiliations between potential givers andthe programs which need to be funded...
...bring them closer, then they'reprobably more likely to be big supporters in theend," says Vice President for Alumni Affairs andDevelopment Fred L. Glimp...