Word: derek
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...complaint said that a letter included in the official ballot mailing to alumni last spring constituted electioneering by the University because it urged alumni not to vote for the divestment candidates. The letter was signed by Joan T. Bok '51, then president of the overseers. But Harvard President Derek C. Bok later conceded that he had initiated the letter and that Joan Bok, who is no relation to the president, had only signed...
...alumni also charged that Derek Bok, who admitted his involvement in the overseers controversy well after the first news stories on the subject had appeared, practiced "constructive fraud" by not informing the Harvard community that he had asked Joan Bok to write the letter...
Despite the museum's prominence, the University cannot afford to maintain and project three separate museums to house valuable and delicate art, officials said this past week. President Derek C. Bok, alumni and museum officials have discussed ways to alleviate the burden of the Busch for more than ten years...
...Nobody wanted to see the Busch-Reisigner collection stored in the basement of the Fogg. That was properly understood by Derek [Bok]. The integrity of the gifts will be maintained," said Desmond G. Fitzgerald '65, a member of the Board of Overseers visiting committee group which consults on the art museums...
With quiet resolution, President Derek C. Bok has resisted the demands of protesting students, alumni and community members who want the University to divest of its $416 million in stock in companies that do business in South Africa...