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Bush served as a director of Harken from 1986—the year Harvard began investing in the company—until...
Speculation has since ensued that in June 1990 Harvard, seeking to satisfy political interests, purchased from Bush 212,140 Harken shares—holdings valued at $848,560 and comprising about two-thirds of Bush’s investment in the company...
Harvard’s connection to Harken first drew major attention last spring, when HarvardWatch—a student-alumni watchdog group—suggested the University’s ties to the poorly performing energy corporation were prompted by Bush’s relation to the company...
...scrutiny continued early last month, when HarvardWatch released a report detailing a partnership formed in December 1990 between HMC’s then-venture capital division, Aeneas Venture Corporation, and Harken called the Harken Anadarko Partnership...
Recently, Harvard, with all of us who live, work and study here, has been tainted—not only by the conflicts of interest of Harvard employees in HIID, but also by the University’s involvement in Enron and, earlier, in the Harken Energy Company. And these cases may well be just the tip of the iceberg—visible only when the company connected to Harvard attracts public attention...