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LAST WEEK, Graham T. Allison Jr. '62, dean of the Kennedy School of Government, rejected a Kennedy school student resolution signed by more than half of the school's students calling for a renaming of the Engelhard Public Affairs Library. Allison's response--another in a long line of weak-kneed administration statements regarding student demands that Harvard end its de facto support of the South African government--is disappointing, though not surprising...
...offer some moral underpinnings for his opposition to the name-change, Allison states it "would do little to advance the cause of freedom in South Africa." While there is no direct correlation between the renaming of the library and the fall of the white minority government, having the name Engelhard attached to the Kennedy School gives legitimacy to Engelhard's actions in South Africa, and to the company bearing his name which continues to operate there. The current Engelhard family parent corporation, Engelhard Minerals and Chemicals, has refused to reveal the extent of the assets and activities of its privately...
...have no objection to the committee as such. We do object to the use of the committee to circumvent the (Engelhard) issue," Gerry Connolly, a member of the student government who chaired the meeting, said yesterday, adding he does not want student communication with the administration...
...could be a useful thing to deal with the issues after the Engelhard issue is solved," Gordon R. Olson, a Kennedy School student said yesterday...
Allison said yesterday the committee will not circumvent the Engelhard issue. "I think that this interpretation of our intention, if I understand it correctly, is mistaken and I hope to be able to work with the student association to engage them in what I think is a process" that addresses the fundamental questions the Engelhard issue raises...