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...divestment or donation of profits to charitable organizations—both ideas that have been raised by several Faculty members who have signed the petition. Instead the group intends to send a letter to Harvard’s Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility, which advises the Board of Overseers??€”the University’s second-highest governing board...
Another welcome move was the Board of Overseers??€™ confirmation of Robert E. Rubin ’60 as the newest member of the Corporation. Rubin, University President Lawrence H. Summers’ predecessor as Secretary of the Treasury, is a respected social and intellectual leader whose appointment should add not only prestige but also drive to the Corporation. Rubin’s history of government service makes him a welcome appointment for a job that will require public-spirited leadership...
...Overseers??€™ meetings continued without Summers on Sunday morning when the board’s six standing committees met. The Overseers received the recommendations of visiting committees in various departments as well as the reports of other University adminsitrators. Harvard Management Company (HMC) President Jack E. Meyer discussed the performance of the University’s endowment...
...December 10, the Corporation made its first major announcement—albeit privately to the Board of Overseers??€”that the slate of candidates had been narrowed to between 30 and 40. At their regularly scheduled December meeting, the Overseers gathered in the gilded ballroom of Loeb House to hear Stone read off the list. He proceeded slowly, pausing to explain the positions of non-Harvard candidates. Then-Vice President Al Gore ’69 and President Bill Clinton had all been stricken from the list, but he did read off some familiar names: Varmus, Sullivan, Fineberg, Summers...
...December 10, the Corporation made its first major announcement—albeit privately to the Board of Overseers??€”that the slate of candidates had been narrowed to between 30 and 40. At their regularly scheduled December meeting, the Overseers gathered in the gilded ballroom of Loeb House to hear Stone read off the list. He proceeded slowly, pausing to explain the positions of non-Harvard candidates. Then-Vice President Al Gore `69 and President Bill Clinton had all been stricken from the list, but he did read off some familiar names: Varmus, Sullivan, Fineberg, Summers, Clark, and then...