Word: puseys
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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President Bok's announcement last week that George Putnam '49 will replace Bennett as treasurer brings to an end the involvement of the last vociferous holdover from the early years of the Pusey Administration--the years when principled conservatism ruled Harvard's roost--in deciding what Harvard's responsibilities as a shareholder entail...
Only once, in a 1970 letter from President emeritus Nathan M. Pusey '28 to The New York Times, has the University gone on the record in opposition to the power facility...
Former President Pusey managed to placate Graham for the time being, but with her election to the Council in 1971 she became more effective in the protection of Riverside interests...
...Corporation's actions so far this Spring represent a drastic shift from two years ago. Those were the days when President Pusey was still at the helm and relatively innocuous shareholder resolutions at General Motors were deemed too radical. If one accepts the Bok Administration's premise that Harvard can act most responsibly by retaining its stocks and trying to influence management through proxies and other means, then the President is due some credit for Harvard's reversal since...
...battle between a growing conservation movement and Consolidated Edison, although University property will be taken by Con Ed to build a pump-storage facility if the residents of the area lose their fight to keep the company out. Harvard's only contribution to this conservation battle has been President Pusey's 1970 letter to The New York Times aligning the University with the Scenic Hudson Preservation Committee...