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California State Senator Tom Hayden (D-L.A.) said during a recent visit to Harvard that a university in the Santa Monica Mountains of his state has been dramatically over-publicizing an affiliation with Harvard to gain a prestigious reputation...
...Hayden claims that Soka University in Los Angeles is taking advantage of its Pacific Basin Research Center, a grant program funded by Soka and directed by John D. Montgomery, Ford Foundation professor of international studies emeritus at the Kennedy School of Government, to gain support for a large-scale expansion...
...Hayden claimed that the use of the Harvard name in associated with the grant program by many of Soka's publications and presentations has helped Soka's image. He said he believes this tactic will help Soka win support when its plan for expansion comes before the L.A. County Regional Planning Commission...
Soka officials, however, categorically denied all of Hayden's charges...
...Hayden has made a virtual cottage industry out of attacking Soka," said Jeff Ourvan, a spokesperson for the university. "Soka does not use Harvard's logo, it does not refer to itself as an `affiliate' of Harvard, and in fact rarely publicizes the Pacific Basin Research Center...