Reprint of a newspaper article "HARVARD GIFT PLAN URGES DIVESTITURE." The article says a group of Harvard University undergraduates contend they have demonstrated the value of a new technique to put pressure on universities to divest from companies that conduct business in South Africa. In April, the group established the Endowment for Divestiture to which graduating students can contribute as a long-term alternative to Harvard's senior class gift. Other student activities this spring protesting Harvard's South African investment policy included fasts, rallies, and appeals for divestiture before Harvard's Advisory Committee on Shareholder Relations. The article discusses Michael J. Alter,...
Reprint of a newspaper article "HARVARD GIFT PLAN URGES DIVESTITURE." The article says a group of Harvard University undergraduates contend they have demonstrated the value of a new technique to put pressure on universities to divest from companies that conduct business in South Africa. In April, the group established the Endowment for Divestiture to which graduating students can contribute as a long-term alternative to Harvard's senior class gift. Other student activities this spring protesting Harvard's South African investment policy included fasts, rallies, and appeals for divestiture before Harvard's Advisory Committee on Shareholder Relations. The article discusses Michael J. Alter, David Green, the Harvard-Radcliffe Fund, the Harvard Corporation, Hugh Calkins, and Derek C. Bok.
