Word: tutu
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...when Tutu came to Sunday's regular meeting--just after South African President F.W. de Klerk had announced plans for substantial reform--he was asked to speak about his country's situation. After that meeting, he said he sensed willingness among other overseers to reopen discussion of selling Harvard's $139 million in South Africa-related holdings...
...reading is that there is a greater willingness on the Board to consider getting...tougher than they have been," Tutu said. "And they are saying that we ought to put it on the agenda. Now I'm not sure whether they agreed...
Whitehead himself said that "if Tutu would like discussion, I am sure there will be discussion. And maybe by that time, there will be changes that cause Harvard's policy to change...the general idea was to watch and wait...
Given Whitehead's position as chair of the Overseers' Executive Committee--which sets the Board's agenda--it seemed as if Tutu's assessment was correct, and that divestment would again be a major issue for the Board...
...instance, Tutu had said that reinvestment might be the eventual goal if South Africa institutes radical reforms. But Bok said that such suggestions are still premature, given that only the promise--and not the implementation--of change has taken place in South Africa...