Word: melendez
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...response to protests over his salary--including a four figure Christmas bonus--former Undergraduate Council Chairman Brian Melendez '86 announces he will work for the council for free...
...After noticing his new Porsche parked in front of the Center for International Affairs (CFIA), Crimson reporters discover Melendez is now on the center's payroll. CFIA Director Samuel P. Huntington refuses to comment, but anonymous sources indicate that Melendez is being paid out of a new private endowment to improve teaching. The Commission of Inquiry (COI) begins an investigation into Melendez's role on the Undergraduate Council but claims it does not have jurisdiction to inquire into the mysterious new endowment...
...Harvard student interning in South Africa is abducted by SWAPO rebels while on a field trip to Namibia. The rebels turn the hapless student over to the Angolan government, which publicizes him as an example of U.S. educational imperialism. Among the student's personal effects is Melendez's business card, bearing the name of the Liberal Arts Education Foundation. On the back of the card is what appears to be the number of a bank account and a telex address in Geneva. The telex address and account are at Landesbank...
...testimony before the COI, Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III calls Melendez "a real Harvard hero...
...council has also authorized Melendez tohire a work-study student for up to $12 a week...