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...salient. Thus, we find it particularly unfortunate that the public affairs library of the Kennedy School has been named for a man who played an important role in promulgating a society whose values run contrary to the Kennedy School's and our own. Although no symbolic significance to the Engelhard Library may have been intended when the donation from the Engelhard Foundation was sought, the importance of the name is highlighted by its contrast to the name of the School...
...feel the Kennedy School of Government suffers many unfortunate consequences stemming from the Engelhard name on its library. To begin with, organized and individual boycotts of the library have succeeded in reducing its usage, diminishing its value as an educational tool. More importantly, the symbolic Engelhard-Kennedy contradiction breeds skepticism among students for the perspective the School and its teachings bring to public affairs. In the future, the name of the public affairs library may prevent high quality students from applying for or accepting admission to the Kennedy School of Government. Donors may shun the School which honors apartheid...
...future of the Kennedy School of Government and its programs, for the sustenance of the spirit of public service the Kennedy School represents, and for fear of honoring Charles Engelhard and the society from which he profited, we feel the name of the Engelhard Public Affairs Library should be changed...
...public offer to the University in 1934 of the Hanfstaengl Travelling Fellowship, President Conant's ('14) public rejection of the money because of the donor's association with the Nazi Party was widely publicized. However, no widespread revulsion towards the University followed. If we felt that changing the Engelhard name would imperil the existence of the School or the University, we would not suggest changing the name...
Since we believe that the negative consequences of acting to change the name are outweighed by the damaging effects to the School of allowing the Engelhard name to remain, the agreement ought to be reconsidered. Two options present themselves...