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Alumni pro-divestment activists cheered when South African Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu won his bid for a seat on the 30-member Board of Overseers this June, but soon wondered if the election was just the sweet coating to a very bitter pill...
Throughout a hostile campaign, Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni Against Apartheid (HRAAA) supporters had said Tutu's presence on the Board could force a vote on the University's $163.8 million in South Africa-related investments...
Meanwhile, HRAAA officials announced that Tutu would not be able to attend the Board's first meeting. University administrators sounded the "I told you so's," and HRAAA officials said they couldn't say when--or even if--Tutu would begin regular attendance...
HRAAA officials said they were not disappointed and insisted that Tutu was a moral force for the Board even from Cape Town...
...most disturbing aspect of the University's conduct is the active campaigning against this year's HRAAA candidates, particularly Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu, by paid Harvard administrators, who should remain neutral in Overseers elections...