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POST-PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS
Harvard wants Clinton

BY SETH GITELL

Former president Bill Clinton may have chosen Salem State over Harvard for his first post-presidential academic visit to the Commonwealth, but Harvard still wants him: the Institute of Politics (IOP) at the Kennedy School of Government has invited Clinton to be a “visiting fellow.” Cathy McLaughlin, the IOP’s executive director, says bringing Clinton to Harvard would aid the center’s mission of getting “young people to enter careers in public service.” Says McLaughlin: “President Clinton’s entire life has been focused on public service. We would like the students to spend time with President Clinton talking about his career and potential paths that they could take in public service.”

Ira Jackson, the director of the Kennedy School’s Center for Business and Government, has also extended an invitation to the former president. But he doesn’t know yet whether Clinton will attend the center’s June conference on the economy.

IOP director David Pryor says he spoke to Clinton four weeks ago and reminded him of an invitation to speak at the IOP. “He said ‘I want to come,’” says Pryor, who has known Clinton since the former president was in college. (When Pryor, a former US senator, was governor of Arkansas, Clinton served as his attorney general.)

Until Clinton arrives, Salem State will have it over Harvard — at least for a while.

Issue Date: April 19 - 26, 2001






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