Word: gifted
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...discussions with the Engelhard family that three students from the committee initiated a month ago, the two groups agreed--subject to the final approval of Kennedy School and University officials--that the school will place a plaque inside the library acknowledging the gift of the foundation "made in memory of Charles W. Engelhard...
During their discussions with members of the Engelhard family, members of the gift committee proposed an alternative wording for the plaque that would have dropped the phrase, "In memory of Charles W. Engelhard," a source close to the discussions said. Family members reportedly unilaterally rejected this alternative...
...foundation's gift, with its stipulation that the library be named after Engelhard, angered many students and faculty because of Engelhard's extensive financial involvement in South Africa...
Second, the letter states that a minimum of $5000 is required to activate the fund. If this target is not reached by the time the Senior Gift is due, what happens to the money that has already been collected? Again, I have my suspicions, which the letter's lack of specificity does nothing to allay...
...Harvard should therefore strive to ignore as much as it can about the backgrounds of its potential donors, or so Bok seems to argue: "I am not yet persuaded that Harvard should have an obligation to investigate each donor and impose detailed moral standards." Once Harvard has accepted a gift, he protests, it should not renege on its agreement, because this "may inflict pain on relatives..." The pain inflicted on the donor's victims, of course, doesn't count as much: the oppressed rarely endow chairs...