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Until you pass by the Naito Chemistry Lab, or meet one of Harvard Law School's Binladin Fellows--funded by the family of accused international terrorist Osama bin Laden. Harvard's biggest donors are no longer just New England's richest--in recent decades, they have grown to include the world's richest...
With the most successful Capital Campaign and the largest endowment of any university in history, Harvard's billions are pouring in faster than ever before. In the process, Harvard is also diversifying its sources of funding, receiving money from governments, companies and private individuals as far away as Jordan or Japan...
...some donations bring their own problems--when Osama bin Laden's name was in the headlines, Harvard officials had to defend the University's association with his family...
...clear the Saudi bin Laden money is being put to good use here," then-Harvard spokesperson Alex Hupp told Time Magazine...
...Harvard's foreign sources expand, University officials have subjected the donors and their gifts to the same level of scrutiny as domestic donations. This means screening out donors that might embarrass Harvard, and vetting donors' goals to make sure they fit Harvard's academic aims...