Word: joan
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...complaint, filed last Wednesday, comes two months after Overseers President Joan T. Bok '51 wrote a letter to all alumni cautioning them against voting for a trio of candidates running on a divestment platform. It was the second complaint against Harvard's handling of the overseers contest to reach the attorney general's office...
...Joan Bok's letter, which was mailed to alumni along with the overseers ballots, has prompted widespread protest from alumni who have criticized it as an inappropriate attempt to influence the election's outcome. The Harvard administration staunchly opposes divestment from companies doing business in South Africa...
...MAJORITY that two weeks ago called on Overseers President Joan T. Bok '51 to resign because of her now infamous act of electioneering today applies a disturbing double standard to the president of the University. President Derek C. Bok has betrayed the respect and trust of the Harvard community, and for that he ought to resign...
Next, Bok called upon Overseers President Joan Bok to do his bidding. The letter, which was dictated from Massachusetts Hall, went out over her signature. In Derek Bok's words, he "was persuaded that it would be more appropriate if such a letter came from a member of the Board...
...subsequently, when Joan Bok became an object of general opprobrium, Derek Bok permitted her to take the brunt of the criticism. The president passed up repeated opportunities to describe his role in the affair and assume full responsibility. It was not until Joan Bok privately pointed a finger at him and a reporter confronted him with the story that the truth was told...