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...more than 400 student demonstrators forcefully pointed out at the dedication ceremonies, the Kennedy School's decision to name its Public Affairs Library after Charles W. Engelhard--a notorious financial supporter, and beneficiary, of the brutal gold trade in South Africa--was a startling affront to all those who had hoped the University was sincere in its oft-stated concern for the oppressed in South Africa. School administrators, in accepting a $1 million donation from the Engelhard Foundation, clearly exhibited the same type of amoral, heartlessly opportunistic thinking that characterizes the worst decision-making in government today--the type...
Most important is the issue of what the Kennedy School should do about the name of its new library. Although school officials have done their best to cut off discussion of the topic, it is clear that the school's decision to honor as notorious a figure as Charles Engelhard is not consistent with the humanitarian principles on which Harvard was presumably founded, and to which it even paid lip service in last spring's Corporation report. Clearly, then, the Kennedy School should return the money to the Charles Engelhard Foundation and rename the library to honor a more deserving...
...last October's dedication of the K-School library, Smith criticized Harvard for accepting a donation in the name of Charles W. Engelhard and called the proposed naming of the library after Engelhard a "travesty and a damn shame...
Graham T. Allison Jr. '62, dean of the school, said the wishes of the Engelhard Foundation and family had to be respected in the negotiations. When students and the foundation agreed that the library should be named in Engelhard's memory but not after him, Allison went along...
...said that the plaque would prominently and honorably display Engelhard's name...