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According to a letter obtained this week, Harvard Alumni Assocation (HAA) officials are prepared to make "more than the usual effort" to ensure that their candidates for the Board of Overseers win over HRAAA's five "dissident" candidates...
...last four years, HRAAA has independently nominated candidates for the 30-member alumni governing board in an effort to force a vote on the University's current "selective divestment" policy. This year, their slate includes South African Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu, whom most say is a shoe-in to win a seat...
...this week's letter, HAA overseer candidate Peter L. Malkin '55 said University officials were concerned that Tutu's election would "play havoc with the administration of Harvard." HAA was set for electioneering, and HRAAA members said they welcomed the discussion...
...think it's fine that they're electioneering," said HRAAA member Herbert Gleason, who received Malkin's letter...
...HRAAA--which nominates candidates through petition drives--has always relied on highly public media campaigns. They announced this year's slate at a press conference at Bok's Mass Hall front door, and have already mailed letters to some 35,000 alumni...