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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...school has now gained renewed respect, bolstered by a $240 million endowment and new programs in fields such as entrepreneurial studies and ethics. McArthur's role in engineering this change and maintaining it on a day-to-day basis has been perceived differently by students and faculty...

Author: By Robert J. Weiner, | Title: Double Duty: Filling the Role of Dean and CEO | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

...strives for what he think is right," says Isabel Ocasio, in Puerto Rico. Wendell's mother, Isabel may not be his sternest judge, but she says that, after 20 years, his willingness to confront tough issues unflinchingly has earned respect from his friends and peers...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: Holding On, Speaking Out, Moving Up | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

...evident that this was a case of racial harassment. Even if I had been a potential suspect, even if I had been a Black assailant, the way they treated me--they didn't accord me or my friend Craig with any respect...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Notable Quotables | 6/8/1989 | See Source »

Lastly, it has not gone unnoticed--at least by this observer--that Harvard has traditionally had an inordinate impact upon the practices of other institutions of American higher education. It therefore has inherited a moral reponsibility of national import with respect to the issue of faculty diversity. To some extent, this view is similar to that of those who have struggled so mightily for the Harvard Corporation to divest its stock in companies that are in South Africa. However, in the case of hiring a fair number of Black faculty, there cannot be an analogous counter-argument suggesting that...

Author: By Ronald Walters, | Title: Conservatism Closing the Mind | 6/7/1989 | See Source »

...Harvard runner, but as a person who can run even though I don't go to a big track school," Rainey said. "It may have been a little tough for them to swallow, the fact that Harvard runners beat them. But I think we gained some respect after it was over...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Harvard Snags Ninth In Track Tournament | 6/7/1989 | See Source »

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