… his name was among those scheduled to speak at a Harvard event celebrating its Social Studies degree. Now the Harvard Crimson reports that Marty Peretz’s name has been removed from that list. (Background here.)
[A Social Studies] standing committee will report its conclusions today about [accepting an undergraduate research fund in Peretz’s name] in an official statement to Social Studies concentrators and the national press.
The smart and gracious thing for Peretz to do at this point would be to suggest that the research fund be renamed Undergraduate Research Fund in Social Studies. He already has another fund in his name at Harvard. This way, he spares the institution embarrassment.