Word: asia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...process of fostering ties and advancing Harvard's interest in Asia, representatives of the University, including Rudenstine, have had to negotiate cultural differences between the West and the East...
Kristin Sorenson, who directs East Asian operations in the Development Office, says the region lacks a "longstanding tradition of philanthropy," so that most donations to Harvard from Asia are "based on people's relationships with the institution...
...University has attracted giving, she says, is by stressing the connection between donations and Asia-specific programs on campus...
Though Sorenson says personal ties lie behind most contributions from Asia, Vogel explained that gifts from the region are more likely to be institutional in origin than U.S. gifts, which tend to come from alumni...
Rudenstine wrote in an introduction to the first issue of the Asia Pacific Review last winter, "Students and scholars from East Asia have been coming to Harvard for more than a century, and never has the relationship been closer than it is today...