12--The Corporation and Board of Overseers approve a report calling on companies to withdraw from South Africa. They do not, however, modify the current University policy of divesting only from those companies that do not follow the Sullivan Principles of selective divestment. Activists, members of the faculty, alumni and the student advisory committee to the Harvard Corporation complain that the step is merely symbolic.

January

11--Robert A. Hastings '57 announces his decision to resign as executive director of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) at the end of this academic year.

20--HAA's list of nominees to the Board of Overseers includes Secretary of Commerce Elizabeth H. Dole, then-Democratic National Committee Chair Paul G. Kirk '60 and actor John A. Lithgow '67. HRAAA members claim that the alumni association nominated the celebrities only to draw attention away from pro-divestment candidates.

February

7--Washington attorney Judith Richards Hope is named the first woman member of the Harvard Corporation--the University's 339 year-old chief governing body. She replaces Andrew J. Heiskell, the former head of Time, Inc.

24--The Crimson reports that Harvard has increasingly taken on the management of its own corporate takeover funds, valued at $168 million.

28--A few members of the Board of Overseers meet to criticize some of the Young Report's recommendations, saying that the proposed reforms would stifle diversity on the Board. One overseer describes the plan as "a plane with a big hole in the fuselage."

March

3--The Verba Committee on affirmative action issues a report recommending the creation of a standing committee on affirmative action, the appointment of a senior professor in each department to address hiring issues and the installment of a new associate dean for affirmative action.

9--HRAAA announces the nomination of South African Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu and four other divestment supporters to the Board of Overseers.

10--The Crimson reports that the Radcliffe presidency has been offered to Yale University Professor Judith Rodin. Should Rodin accept, she would succeed outgoing Radcliffe President Matina S. Horner, who is scheduled to step down from her post on July 1.

13--Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities Deborah E. Nord is denied tenure, despite receiving her department's approval the previous month. The decision on Nord marks the second junior faculty tenure denial this year at a time when the English Department is seeking to make a number of senior appointments.

15--Radcliffe sources report that Rodin has removed her name from consideration for the Radcliffe post. The Crimson also reveals that at least three other candidates on a short list of six have removed themselves from consideration, including Harvard Law School Professor Martha L. Minow.

April