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...found it curious that in Nan Zheng's front page report on the donation ("Couple Donates Record $13M To Law School," news story, Oct. 7, 1994), Mrs. Hauser's professional should be relegated to the third-to-the-last paragraph, printed on page seven. It seems, to say the least, disrespectful to the benefactress and, by extension, disrespectful to the future professional women of Harvard University...
...year 1414 Zheng He, Grand Eunuch of the Three Treasures, loaded some exotic creatures onto his junk and headed back to China from the coast of East Africa. One, the long-necked K'i-lin, astounded Emperor Yu and his court. It was unlike anything they had ever seen, with its "luminous spots like a red cloud or purple mist." The K'i-lin was poked, prodded, observed from every angle, much commented upon but little understood...
Although Nan Zheng's article, "Can Corporation Members Serve Multiple Masters?" (new article, April 2X, 1994) raises a number of interesting issues, it omits information necessary to evaluate this question at Harvard...
...senior thesis studied the governing boards of 15 private universities and colleges, including Harvard, and so I may be able to provide some of this information. Zheng opens the article by stating that Corporation Member Robert Stone's other responsibilities allow him to devote "just a tiny fraction" of his time to the Corporation, implying that his other commitments prevent Stone from being an effective member...
...Zheng's article also leaves the impression that Harvard's governing board members are characterized by and selected for their wealth. While it is true, as Zheng states, that most members "are far from poor," personal wealth is a less important selection criteria at Harvard than any other Ivy League School. Traditionally, none of Harvard's largest donors have been on the Corporation. This contrasts sharply with schools such as Stanford, Yale and Penn where board members have recently made a majority of the largest gifts received by their respective schools...