Word: membership
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Then came his denial of membership in any Harvard purge committees of the mid Fifties...
...committee report by July 17, and will seek the SEC's opinion. Lufkin does not intend to be put off. His firm's prospectus declares bluntly that if the constitution is not amended, Donaldson, Lufkin will go public anyway. If the stock exchange then drops it from membership, the firm seems prepared to risk the short-term loss of the 63% of its revenue that comes from commissions on Big Board trades. It would hope to make that up by using regional and other markets, where most of the Big Board stocks are also traded. If Donaldson, Lufkin...
RESPONDING TO THE overwhelming hostility students felt for the Corporation last month, the committee of Fifteen has announced that it will consider possible changes in "character of membership, method of election. . ." of the Governing Boards. Most of those who went on strike to re-structure Harvard were mainly concerned with this simple problem, but it is easily overlooked when compared to all the other questions in the wide range of the committee's concerns. A review of the situation suggests, though, that the emphasis given this aspect of Harvard's governance during the emotional period after the bust was well...
...Corporation membership probably represents the only area where SDS rhetoric has been too cautious. The Fellows fill their own vacancies by the same procedure, having a survey committee solicit a wide range of recommendations, but the process has resulted in an incredibly homogeneous body. Four lawyers, three of them with extensive financial interests which have been repeatedly publicized by radicals, serve on the Corporation; the fifth Fellow, A. L. Nickerson, is a Republican from New York City who heads the Mobil oil company. With the exception of the youngest Fellow, Hugh Calkins from Cleveland, the Fellows maintain nearly identical life...
...Changing the Corporation's method of election (for example, by having a student-faculty search committee) or its character of membership (by having faculty or recent graduates serve limited terms) face no legal restrictions. They only state laws restricting the Governing Boards apply to the Overseers--only alumni can vote, but faculty and administrative officers cannot vote for or serve on the Board. A recent article on this page indicated that--however foolhardy it would be politically to ask politicians now to consider matters affecting a university--it might be safe in legal terms to petition the legislature to remove...