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...committee of the Harvard Alumni association that brought this proposal to the Harvard Corporation for adoption exhibited a grievous lapse in its humanistic awareness. it failed to understand that the humanity of black folks--and by extension of other systemically ravaged modern peoples such as Tutsi folks, Jewish folks, Armenian folks, etc.--should not be trifled with. --Martin Kilson Thomson Professor of Government
...controversy erupted shortly after Princeton used the money from the Turkish government to create an Ataturk chair in Turkish Studies. The post was filled by Heath C. Lowry, a lobbyist for the Turkish government and a supporter of the view that Armenian nationalists were killed in a civil war, according to the Globe...
...would not link the endowment to the question concerning the Armenian massacre," said Professor of Government Seyla Benhabib, who was born in Istanbul, but is now an American citizen. "That seems to be quite speculative...
Frye speculated that the gift from the Turkish government was motivated by the success of similar endowed chairs for Armenian studies. Harvard has had such a chair since...
Frye said the donations for Armenian chairs came from private sources, not government money, but he said the source of funding had no effect on determining who was chosen for the post...