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...current petition drive being led by a host of campus women’s groups, is harassment, plain and simple. The past and present members of the Harvard Corporation in question—D. Ronald Daniel, James R. Houghton ’58 and Robert G. Stone Jr. ’45—have done nothing in their professional lives, so far as we can tell, that would indicte them as bigots. The Staff applauds the Association of Black Harvard Women for sending the right message to these individuals, but it is, in fact, absurd to ask anyone...
This week, the Association of Black Harvard Women (ABHW) rightfully called for Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow James R. Houghton ’58, Corporation member and Harvard Treasurer D. Ronald Daniel and former Senior Fellow and current Harvard Management Company Director Robert G. Stone Jr. ’45 to issue letters reaffirming their commitment to diversity. The demand comes in light of their membership in the Augusta National Golf Club, which came under criticism this fall for its policy excluding women from membership, and coincides with several national groups’ calls for Augusta members to withdraw from...
While it is inappropriate to assume that, as members of Augusta, Houghton, Daniels and Stone are necessarily opposed to diversity, their membership does represent their alignment with an exclusionary club. Harvard, as an institution run by people belonging to that club, suffers by association. To counter the shadow cast on our University those members should publicly reaffirm their commitment to diversity and openness, particularly within institutions that have traditionally been insular clubs for the elite...
...Woodberry Poetry Room serves as a repository for the spoken word. Harvard hosts numerous poetry readings each year, many of which are recorded and stored for posterity in Lamont—“a permanent record of these occasions,” according to Fearrington Libriarian of Houghton Library William P. Stoneman...
...statement on diversity by James Houghton and Daniel, she said, would “actually shed positive light on Harvard...