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Dates: during 1990-1999
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South African Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu's decision to step down from Harvard's Board of Overseers presents the University with both a loss and an opportunity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Board Needs Reform | 9/23/1992 | See Source »

Foes of apartheid have lost their most vocal critic of the University's continued investment in companies with holdings in South Africa. Since 1984, Tutu has criticized Harvard repeatedly for not fully divesting from companies that do business in South Africa. He even threatened to return his honorary degree to oppose Harvard's policy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Board Needs Reform | 9/23/1992 | See Source »

...divestment is not the central issue. As South Africa builds the fundaments of democratic rule and finds an acceptable plan for power-sharing between Blacks and whites, investment may be risky. Indeed, it is the ongoing violence and political upheaval in South Africa that forced Tutu to step down from the board in order to devote all his energy to the events in his home country...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Board Needs Reform | 9/23/1992 | See Source »

...investment no longer provides the clear moral choice it once did. That's because it is no longer clear that starving South Africa of investment dollars is the best way to oppose apartheid, as it was just a few years ago. And Desmond Tutu deserves much of the credit for forcing South Africa to accept its current path...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Board Needs Reform | 9/23/1992 | See Source »

...Although Tutu's counsel will be missed, his absence should served as a reminder of the changes needed in the University's administrative structure. The nomination process to replace Tutu on the Board of Overseers is especially in need of reform...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Board Needs Reform | 9/23/1992 | See Source »

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