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...forest was given to the University for research," Vandivert said. "If it is to be divested, the property should be sold to the most compatible recipient--certainly not to an industry...
...only vocal proponent of the project in the family, Calvin W. Stillman '39, wrote in a 1966 Black Rock Forest Report that he felt "the plant as planned constitutes no significant blight upon the natural beauty of Storm King and the Hudson River shorelines," and saw no reason why it should not be built...
...School's Environmental Law Society also came out strongly against the report. In a letter to Bok, the group found the position of the report "to be not only a contradiction, but seriously in derogation of the University's duties in regard to its stewardship of the forest...
...Environmental Law Society brought forward, in addition, the issue of responsibility to trustees. "The long-time residence of the family on the slopes of Storm King Mountain and Dr. Stillman's own use of the forest make clear that his broad intention was to preserve the area in its condition of natural beauty," its letter said. "The proper role of Harvard is to oppose with full vigor the construction of a pumped storage generating plant on Storm King Mountain...
...faith that Harvard would take care of his gift as he had intended. In a gift to Palisades Interstate Park System, he included a reversion clause--that if the land were ever sold it would revert to the Stillman heirs. No such restriction was placed on the Harvard forest...