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Councillor Kenneth E. Reeves ’72 sponsored the order, which was amended during the meeting to remove the bin Laden language...
...reports have shown that the bin Laden donations to Harvard have come exclusively from members of the family not affiliated with terrorism. So, while other councillors supported the notion that Harvard give to victims, they rejected Reeves’ grounds for the order...
...public comment, Reeves said he got the idea for the order when reading two articles in a newspaper—one about Harvard’s bin Laden scholarships and one about how many families of those killed in the Sept. 11 crashes would not have insurance benefits...
...believe there is a connection—no matter how tangential. It’s all symbolism. That Harvard would be strengthened by the bin Laden family fortune is an odd connection,” Reeves said...
Councillor Jim Braude asserted that he would vote against the resolution with the bin Laden language...