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Michael R. Eisenson, a top HMC investment manager when HMC began investing in Harken, wrote in an e-mail that Bush’s involvement with Harken was unrelated to HMC’s investment decision...
Harvard has demonstrated its susceptibility to conflicts of interest before. Harvard’s two representatives on the Harken board of directors, Michael R. Eisenson and Donald D. Beane, both held personal stock in Harken at the same time that they made investment decisions for Harvard—Harken’s largest shareholder. Had Harvard sold its sizeable amount of stock, the value of their own holdings would have been affected. For just this reason, most universities bar their representatives from holding personal stock in companies in which the university invests significantly. Harvard, however, has a much more lenient...
...time of the sale, two top Harvard investment managers—Michael R. Eisenson and Donald D. Beane—also served on Harken’s executive board and held personal stakes in the company, creating further questions about Harvard’s involvement with the company...
According to a book published by the center, a spreadsheet used by Ralph D. Smith, the Los Angeles broker who handled the sale for Bush, included the phone number of HMC, as well as the name of Michael R. Eisenson, a top investment manager for the University at the time...
According to Turner, Eisenson sold his Harken shares some time after 1991 to avoid a conflict of interest...