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...Corporation's new member: Colman M. Mockler Jr. '52, chairman and chief executive officer of the Gillette Co., was tapped in June to fill the vacancy on the Harvard Corporation, the seven-member Harvard equivalent of a governing board. The choice came as no surprise, for Mockler is in many ways just like the Corporation members who picked him to join them: a white, male scrupulously careful and conservative Harvard alumnus...
...Corporation's new member: Colman M. Mockler Jr. '52, chairman and chief executive officer of the Gillette Co., was tapped in June to fill the vacancy on the Harvard Corporation, the seven-member Harvard equivalent of a governing board. The choice came as no surprise, for Mockler is in many ways just like the Corporation members who picked him to join them: a white, male, scrupulously careful and conservative Harvard alumnus...
...Mockler may prove us wrong, but precisely because he fits the mold so perfectly, the appointment is a disappointment. The Corporation, the oldest self-perpetuating body in the hemisphere, has never had a woman or minority member: Its stances on issues like investments in South Africa have been stodgy over the years. It needs a more diverse body and a more democratic selection process that at the very least incorporates the opinions of faculty and other alumni. Otherwise the Corporation will remain the embodiment of the old aphorism: The more things change, the more they remain the same...
...Corporation's new member: Colman M. Mockler Jr. '52, chairman and chief executive officer of the Gillette Co., was tapped in June to fill the vacancy on the Harvard Corporation, the seven-member Harvard equivalent of a governing board. The choice came as no surprise, for Mockler is in many ways just like the Corporation members who picked him to join them: a white, male scrupulously careful and conservative Harvard alumnus...
...Mockler may prove us wrong, but precisely because he fits the mold so perfectly, the appointment is a disappointment. The Corporation, the oldest self-perpetuating body in the hemisphere, has never had a woman or minority member. Its stances on issues like investments in South Africa have been stodgy over the years. It needs a more diverse body and a more democratic selection process that at the very least incorporates the opinions of faculty and other alumni. Otherwise the Corporation will remain the embodiment of the old aphorism: The more things change, the more they remain the same...