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...have a responsibility to produce a slate of candidates and to try to explain to the electorate what's going on," Glimp says. "It's probably not only our right but our obligation to do something if we don't think the issues are being addressed...
...administrators, including President Derek C. Bok, have often warned that electing a Board of "single-issue candidates" would hurt the Overseers' effectiveness as an academic and financial advisory body. And this year, officials such as Vice President for Alumni Affairs Fred L. Glimp '50 are saying somebody has to take a stand and "educate" the electorate...
...Glimp have encountered public backlash whenever they have entered the political fray. This April, when Glimp helped Stanford University President Donald Kennedy '52 publish an advertisement in Harvard Magazine warning alumni not to support "single-issue candidates," he was widely criticized...
...most objectionable part in this latest election drama was the role Glimp played. As University vice president, he should not have been involved in the Overseers campaign except in an unbiased capacity. The impartiality of University officials must be strictly maintained in an election for a body charged with evaluating the performance of all Harvard administrators...
That neither Glimp nor Egan seems able to understand the harm in Glimp's involvement is more than disturbing, particularly since Bok was criticized for playing just such a role three years ago. Bok, a close friend of Kennedy's, denies ever hearing mention of the Stanford President's letter, though Kennedy says he and Bok had discussed the idea in the past...