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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Control and practicality are Schmidt's watchwords. Sixteen-hour days of budgeted, systematic labor are normal for him, and he often brings home stacks of buff-colored dossiers to read until two or three in the morning. Even so, Schmidt is what Germans call a "Morgenmuffel," one who hates to get up in the morning. At the London economic summit in 1977, not suspecting that it might further damage their jersonal rapport, Carter invited him to a 7 a.m. breakfast; Schmidt was appalled...
...sincere in its oft-stated concern for the oppressed in South Africa. School administrators, in accepting a $1 million donation from the Engelhard Foundation, clearly exhibited the same type of amoral, heartlessly opportunistic thinking that characterizes the worst decision-making in government today--the type of thinking that, to read the school's catalogue, it is pledged to eliminate. At best, the school's decision was thoughtless, and at worst a frightening indicator of the ability of big money to legitimize even the grossest immorality...
...Having read President Bok's letters, people should then look at the behavior and the goal of the divestiture movement. They will find both deserving of criticism...
What can Harvard University do about South Africa? Read President Bok's open letters on the subject. Though written for a particular occasion, these letters rise above it because they contain the most thoughtful statement of a university's relationship with society which has appeared in America in the last decade...
...budget, as Cottington explains--Harvard has joined a group of about 60 universities criticizing the legislation. "We feel there should be more debate and discussion before a department is created," argues Robin Schmidt, vice president for government and community affairs, who handles the issue in the office. Schmidt's (read: Harvard's) concerns are echoed by national decision-makers. "Frankly, I am appalled by the rush of some members of Congress to create this department despite the lack of information available about the actual impact of these structural changes," Rep. Chisholm told the House Government Operations Committee last year. Chisholm...