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...that the controversy has ended the K-School can return to its basic educational goals. The Engelhard controversy, in the eyes of many administrators, was simply an overblown and unpleasant diversion from their academic duties. Jackson says the issue kept faculty members from research, developing courses, and in one case, writing a book...
Allison says he blames himself for the intensity of the controversy, and the consequent pain suffered by the Engelhard family. "I suspect that if the resolution that emerged had been the proposition at the outset that the controversy would not have emerged," But such a compromise would probably not have been possible last fall, when both the ad- ministrators and the students appeared adamant and the controversy looked as if it might blow over...
...controversy may have benefitted the community. Allison plans this summer to form a group to consider how the K-School can use what it has learned from the Engelhard controversy to protect the interests of donors while simultaneously taking into account the positions of all members of the community. This gifts committee will draw from not only members of the ad hoc committee, but also experienced fundraisers. Allison says he doubts it will ever come up with a definitive statement on gifts. Such a statement coincides with President Bok's position on the ethical implications of gifts, which suggests that...
...Engelhard issue demonstrates the ability of students and administrators to resolve major conflicts. Students, especially those on the SASC who advocated total dissociation from Engelhard, are slightly disappointed. Nevertheless they consider the issue closed. The Engelhard Foundation is releived that the publicity and the resulting innuendos have died down. And since the two sides are satisfied, the K-School and the Corporation likewise are happy with the compromise...
Allison sums it up when he says, "If you ask if Engelhard's name is prominently and honorably displayed in the library, the answer is yes. If you ask if the books of Harvard carry the original name of Engelhard, the answer is yes. But if you ask if Harvard will force anyone to recite any particular formula as a name, the answer is no, as it would always...