Word: namely
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Hanfstaengl's name first became known throughout the country last spring," the Boston Globe stated. Dr. Elliott Carr Cutler of Boston, who was to be chief marshal of the alumni at Commencement, announced he had chosen Hanfstaengl, who would be in Cambridge for his class's 25th reunion, to be an aide at commencement. The choice was a bad one as far as many Harvard students and graduates were concerned. Protests began, letters poured in, and soon Hanfstaengl sent notice from Germany that he didn't think he was going to make the reunion after all, so Cutler appointed another...
Preeminent among the issues on the referendum ballot is the question of re-naming the Engelhard Public Affairs Library at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. While few undergraduates now use the library, it is crucial that they express their distaste for the school's decision to accept a gift from the Charles W. Engelhard Foundation and then honor Engelhard by naming its library after him. Because Engelhard made his fortune by exploiting the labor of South African blacks in gold mines, it seems inappropriate that a library in a school training future public servants should bear his name...
...protests against Harvard's investments and the Engelhard library have received continuous press coverage in South Africa. If Harvard were to put its money where its mouth is and support divestiture and re-name the library, the psychological effects of these and similar acts by unions, churches, and universities would reverberate throughout the corridors of power in Johannesburg. With such a change in the American political climate, the South African fear of economic sacntions would be a concrete reality...
...part, I believe that changing the name could give offense and demonstrate insensitivity to many people who are dedicated to this University and its purposes and whose financial contributions make possible our independent pursuit of learning (emphasis added...
...political repression. Engelhard may have been a philanthropist at home, but throwing money about does not absolve him of responsibility for the inhumane methods in which he earned that wealth. He may have contributed money to the NAACP, but the NAACP did not feel obligated to name a building after...