Word: tutu
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Tutu's candidacy--and more specifically his ability to attend six annual meetings in Cambridge--was the center of unprecedented debate in last year's Overseers election...
...only coming for a very brief visit in the States," said Lavinia Brown, Tutu's secretary in Cape Town. "He has an engagement in Washington, and [the dates] happened by chance to include the Harvard meeting...
...Tutu was one of a slate of candidates nominated for the Board of Overseers by Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni Against Apartheid (HRAAA). The group has nominated candidates for the past four years in the hopes that the Board, which advises the seven-member Harvard Corporation on University policy, would vote to divest...
HRAAA Director Robert P. Wolff `54, however, said Tutu would only discuss divestment this weekend if it was already on the agenda, a possibility several overseers said was unlikely...
...divestment activists do not expect his appearance to force any immediate changes in investment policy, they at least felt vindicated by Tutu's sudden decision to attend this week's meeting...