Word: alumnus
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...supposed difference between students and alumni is that as an alumnus I will have earned the right to give advice to Harvard. The Board of Overseers is the voice for this advice, as the one truly democratic institution in the Harvard bureaucracy to which alumni elect representatives to present their concerns and opinions...
...offended by this attitude, and by the implication that an alumnus who disagrees with the University's position is disloyal. One of the most important conversations I had with my roommates was about what we would have done during the Vietnam War if we had been drafted. One said he would have left the country, but would not ever have tried to return, explaining that if he disagreed with the government, he had an obligation to renounce his citizenship. I believe this destroys the premise of American democracy...
Last month, University Vice President for Alumni Affairs Fred Glimp '50 helped introduce Stanford University President Donald Kennedy '52 to an alumnus who would pay more than $9500 to print Kennedy's letter in favor of University candidates in Harvard Magazine. Glimp gave this aid to Kennedy though Bok was severely criticized three years ago for similarly helping to campaign against HRAAA...
...invariably responds the alumnus...
...letters and efforts coming from both sides of this fight, Kennedy received the added advantage of help from Glimp, his long-time friend. After Kennedy wrote the letter, Glimp put him in touch with Charles J. Egan '54, and alumnus who has been active in fighting HRAAA. Egan then paid more than $9500 to publish Kennedy's letter as an advertisment in Harvard Magazine...