Word: iras
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Responding to student questions, Ira A. Jackson '71, associate dean of the Kennedy School, said the grant proposal which the school submitted to the Foundation stated that the library would be named for Charles W. Engelhard. Requests for grants to other organizations also included the name of their founders, he added...
Everyone should be aware of the insults leveled at the student negotiators by Ira A. Jackson '71, assistant dean of the Kennedy School and the man directly responsible for bringing a portion of Engelhard's ill-gotten millions to Harvard. He questioned whether we were fit to be members of an institution of higher learning. He and Epps made thinly-veiled threats of arrest, of disciplinary action by Harvard, and of our being held responsible for the actions of what used to be called "outside agitators." And when the possibility of returning the donation was discussed, Jackson asked, "Where...
...characterized as one of "mutual respect." We must state very frankly that we have no respect for people who deal with students in this way in private while in public making pious statements about their commitment to reasoned discussion and rational discourse. And in this we include not only Ira Jackson and Archie Epps, but also Derek Bok, the man who has the responsibility for setting the moral tone for the Harvard administration...
...Ira Jackson, associate dean of the school, said the University administration expected the dedication to "be a very solemn, very significant, and singularly important event for Harvard University, for the Kennedy family...and hopefully for future generations of Americans who will be affected by the JFK School...
Lord Laurence Olivier in Ira Levin's The Boys from Brazil...