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...noted, however, that the University has primary responsibility "to be true to the [Stillman] trust...
...opposition remained far more prominent. Along with the majority of the Stillman family, several student organizations voiced disagreement with the committee recommendations. Harvard Ecology Action, after distributing leaflets on the Storm King project, collected over 2000 signatures on petitions asking President Bok not to sell the land--in only two days of activity...
...Environmental Law Society brought forward, in addition, the issue of responsibility to trustees. "The long-time residence of the family on the slopes of Storm King Mountain and Dr. Stillman's own use of the forest make clear that his broad intention was to preserve the area in its condition of natural beauty," its letter said. "The proper role of Harvard is to oppose with full vigor the construction of a pumped storage generating plant on Storm King Mountain...
...ERNEST STILLMAN apparently had faith that Harvard would take care of his gift as he had intended. In a gift to Palisades Interstate Park System, he included a reversion clause--that if the land were ever sold it would revert to the Stillman heirs. No such restriction was placed on the Harvard forest...
...present time, environmentalists apparently will be on their own in fighting the project. But eventually it may come back to the University, and at that point someone will have to decide whether to put forth the final battle or accede to what John Stillman, another descendent, has called a "creeping breech of trust...