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...people familiar with the Corporation said the relationship between Harper and Summers was irreparably damaged after the president’s public spat with former University Professor Cornel R. West ’74, whom Harper felt had been unfairly rebuked by Summers. The two men communicated only through an intermediary for some time after the incident, the sources said...
...Harper declined to comment on his relationship with Summers yesterday, saying only, “I concluded I could no longer support President Summers.” Harper said he had outlined his reasons for leaving the Corporation in a letter to Summers on July 14, but he would not divulge the details of that letter yesterday...
...Harper, the only African-American ever to serve on the Corporation, had been the second-most senior member of the board. With his departure, only James R. Houghton ’58 predates Summers, who is himself a member of the Corporation...
...statement released by the University, Houghton praised Harper for his “perspective and expertise” but said he was disappointed by Harper’s decision...
...individual familiar with the Corporation said Harper had an increasingly testy relationship with his fellow members on the board. The tension peaked this past semester, according to the source, when Harper refused to put his name on a Corporation statement supporting Summers, who ignited a firestorm on campus with his January remarks on women in science...