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Jackson, who drafted the grant proposals, said he did not know if the school would have obtained the grant if Engelhard's name had not been attached to the proposal...
Responding to student questions, Ira A. Jackson '71, associate dean of the Kennedy School, said the grant proposal which the school submitted to the Foundation stated that the library would be named for Charles W. Engelhard. Requests for grants to other organizations also included the name of their founders, he added...
...discussion sometimes became more emotional. One student said former President Kennedy '40 had a "solid reputation" for integrity and ethical leadership, and was a symbol of civil rights reform, while Engelhard was linked with apartheid. To have the two names connected with the same building is "a contradiction," the student said...
Another student said he might have decided not to apply to the school if the entire building had been named after Engelhard...
...students will invite Mark Smith '72-4 to speak with them some time next week. Smith, representing the demonstrators at last Saturday's dedication ceremony, spoke against the naming of the school's public affairs library for Engelhard...