Word: associationism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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And although many alumni sympathetic to HRAAA have cried foul at the apparent politicization of the once-neutral Alumni Association, the group's new leaders say they're prepared to pull out all the stops to keep the divestment candidates off the Board.
So when those officials were looking for a way to counter the HRAAA campaign, they turned to the Alumni Association, the organization which nominates the University's "official" slate of overseer candidates.
While Alumni Association officials have generally discouraged campaigning, they said they could not prohibit individuals from taking stands when the other side was waging such an effort.
And newly appointed Alumni Association Executive Director John P. Reardon '60 this February delivered a long attack on HRAAA at an Alumni Association meeting, asking, "What's to keep them from nominating Fidel Castro next time?"
Egan and others say the Alumni Association's newfound political stance is a necessary reaction to HRAAA's highly visible campaigns.