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Tutu, a Nobel laureate and prominent opponent of South Africa's apartheid policy, is running for the Overseers on a divestment slate sponsored by the Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni Against Apartheid. In several visits to Harvard, Tutu has called on the University to divest and recently said he would give back his 1979 honorary degree if the investment policies were not changed...
...least officially, though, the University has said it does not want to politicize the Overseers election process. When President Derek C. Bok authorized a mailing endorsing the HAA slate over the independent candidates two years ago, he was widely criticized, and few expected any more such efforts...
...last four years, HRAAA has independently nominated candidates for the 30-member alumni governing board in an effort to force a vote on the University's current "selective divestment" policy. This year, their slate includes South African Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu, whom most say is a shoe-in to win a seat...
...petition slate of candidates was actually electioneering for votes, something which had not come to my attention before," Malkin said in an interview. "Frankly, I was rather surprised by that...
...petition slate of candidates was actuallyelectioneering for votes, something which had notcome to my attention before," Malkin said."Frankly, I was rather surprised by that...