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...then-President Pusey '28 assigned the Committee on University Relations with Corporate Enterprise, chaired by Robert W. Austin, the task of "examining and clarifying the relationship of universities (and in particular this University) with corporate enterprise in general in the United States," in order to "recommend ways in which universities and corporate enterprise can work together for constructive social purpose...
...Library: Surely Harvard's own Bok, president through nearly a decade of political turmoil, deserves title to his pet project. Aren't there precedents--Eliot House, Lowell House and Pusey Library? Objection: The Bok-Kennedy-Engelhard link provokes images of "blood besotted" dollars. It is best to steer clear of such...
...Harvard community calls for divestiture, the Corporation encourages investiture. If the corporate curia surrounding Pope Derek arrogantly ignores the student demand to stop peddling immortality for money, it only invites students to nail their theses on Johnston Gate instead of meekly relegating their efforts to the pits of Pusey...
...indeed a far cry from the paternalism of Pusey, for Powers is a tough negotiator. But toughness can become an obsession. By trying to maintain a hard-line image, Powers may have forgotten compromise can be as effective a bargaining tool as intimidation. Steiner says, "It would be a major concern to me if we had a bitter relationship with our employees...
When President Bok replaced Pusey in 1971, he reorganized the University's administrative structure to accomodate these changes.. This included a shake-up of employee relations, staff. For Pusey's director of personnel, Bok substituted in-house lawyers--Steiner as general counsel and Power as associate general counsel--to handle legal issues related to employees. "There was a definite conscious attempt at reorganization," Powers says. "Bok made this a more business-oriented university, and brought in people to make it more businesslike," he adds...