Word: engelhards
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Included in the referendum is a question asking whether the University should take whatever steps are necessary to change the name of the Engelhard Library at the Kennedy School...
...Student Assembly's pro statement on the Engelhard issue reads. "For ten years Charles Engelhard was the single largest investor in South Africa. He amassed a quarter-billion dollar fortune in the South African gold mines, where on average three black miners die every shift. Not an absentee investor, he was the only foreigner to sit on two labor recruitment boards for the mines...
However, other assembly members contest the claims that Engelhard was particularly instrumental in promoting apartheid in South Africa...
Allison has, of course, expressed deep concerns about the Engelhard issue, though he will not do anything about them. In fact, he has decided to form a committee to look into the matter and report to him in three months. The committee's functions include proposing criteria for raising funds and naming "that will meet the school's continuing financial requirements, respect the interest of all parties and avoid all unnecessary controversy...
...course, Allison does not have the authority to change the name of the Engelhard library. That would require a change in the contract between Harvard Corporation and the Engelhard Foundation. But Allison's support of the desire of the majority of the student body would probably have a powerful effect on the Corporation, which is not even considering the issue. As it is, his pious support of South African freedom does not carry much weight...