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Indeed, the letter arrived—on time—at Massachusetts Hall the following morning, setting off a flurry of commotion among Harper??€™s suddenly former colleagues on the board. In the two weeks before the resignation would be officially announced, James R. Houghton ’56 and Robert E. Rubin ’60 tried repeatedly to change Harper??€™s mind, an individual familiar with the board’s discussions said. But their attempts were to no avail...
...Harper??€™s resignation took much of the Harvard community by surprise, but his friends and colleagues said the decision fit squarely with their impressions of the man—whom nearly all of them call “principled...
Ogletree had prepared a statement—along with Henry Louis Gates Jr., chair of the African and African American studies department—calling on University President Lawrence H. Summers to release Harper??€™s letter before the president did so himself on Monday...
Several of Harper??€™s friends say he was less than satisfied with Summers’ position on affirmative action in higher education, although they declined to elaborate Harper??€™s concerns. The friends spoke on the condition of anonymity because Harper treasures his privacy, they say. Harper himself declined to comment on the matter...
...Harper??€™s resignation from the Corporation isn’t the first time he publicly protested his voice not being heard. As president of the New York City Bar Association in 1991, Harper published a piece in The Washington Post criticizing the first Bush administration for excluding his group from evaluations of judicial nominees...