Word: tutu
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Sunday, Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu dramatically stated that he would push Harvard's Board of Overseers to reevaluate its South African divestment policy in an effort to urge further reform in that country...
...Tutu's suggestion that Harvard reinvest in South Africa after three months if the government does follow through on its promises, Bok said, "we're certainly not going to reinvest unless much more decisive steps are taken in terms of negotiated settlements in dismantling apartheid...
...impressed that Tutu attended the meeting only two days afterSouth African President F.W. De Klerk promised therelease of Nelson Mandela and the legalization ofanti-apartheid groups...
...Bishop Tutu...really made a magnificent effortto come over here for a meeting. At thatparticular time, I never thought he would be ableto do that very very difficult trip," Bok said."He came over...just for that meeting. And so wecertainly wanted to express our thanks for thateffort and also to have him reflect on what wasgoing on South Africa, which...
Peter H. Wood '64, who like Tutu was elected tothe Board on an independent, pro-divestment slate,agreed...