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...also said that he supported the decision of President of the Board of Overseers Joan T. Bok '51 to send a controversial anti-divestment mailing to alumni. A letter included in that mailing cautioned alumni against voting for three divestment candidates on this year's ballot for the Overseers, which is one of Harvard's two governing bodies...
...TIME FOR two changes on Harvard's 30-member Board of Overseers. Joan T. Bok '51, chairman of the body, should resign after apologizing for her underhanded attempt to influence the election of Board members; and alumni should vote for John Plotz '69, Kenneth Simmons '54, Gay W. Seidman '78--the three pro-divestment candidates she slighted...
Second, the three are also firmly committed to working for Harvard's divestment from companies that do business in South Africa. Electing the three of them to the Board would send an unmistakable message to Harvard President Derek C. Bok, who is unrelated to Joan Bok, and the Harvard Corporation about where alumni stand on the issue of divestment...
Which brings us to the final change we'd like to see. Joan Bok has proven over the past weeks that she has neither the breadth of vision nor the integrity to lead the Board. That the person responsible for the fairness of an election would have the lack of discretion to try to influence that vote is a gross disservice to the Harvard community. And one we ought not to tolerate. In the wake of her slimy effort to swing the election, Bok should resign in order to preserve some respect and authority for the membership and the activities...
...continuing to invest in firms doing business in South Africa. The ballot packet's cover letter draws my attention to this disturbing fact, and the packet thoughtfully includes a one page description of the University's current policy on South African investments. The packet also includes a letter from Joan T. Bok urging my participation in the election, and suggesting that election people interested in pressing a particular policy would drastically change the nature of the Board of Overseers (presumably for the worse) and might lead to the "casual" resolution of the vexing moral and financial problems posed by Harvard...