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South African Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu, whose candidacy for the Board of Overseers stirred up a hornet's nest of controversy last spring, will attend his first Board meeting this weekend...
Sources in both the United States and South Africa said yesterday that Tutu recently decided to attend the meeting, the second scheduled since his election, because he was already planning to visit the United States this weekend...
They said Tutu may stay in Cambridge for no more than a few hours, and added that the Archbishop probably would not have the opportunity to discuss the University's $138 million invested in South Africa-related companies...
...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...
Alumni Association President Charles J. Egan '54 compared HRAAA's leader to former Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis.), accusing him of exploiting Bishop Tutu to achieve his own ends. He also said HRAAA's candidates were "second-rate." At one point, Executive Director John P. Reardon '60 reportedly asked attendees of an Alumni Association meeting, "What's to keep them from nominating Fidel Castro next time...