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Yale Commencement
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New Haven (JTA) —
Students hung banners
distributed literature and
hired a plane to disrupt
graduation ceremonies at
Yale University — all in an
effort to pressure Vernon
Loucks Jr., chairman of Bax-
ter International Inc., to
resign as a trustee of the
school.
The Illinois-based medical
supply company recently
pled guilty to violating fed-
eral law by complying with
the Arab boycott of Israel
and was fined a record $6
million in civil penalties and
another $500,000 in
criminal penalties.
The graduation protest
was the latest incident in a
continuing battle by student
groups to force Loucks to
resign as a senior fellow of
the Yale Corporation.
Mr. Loucks, a former Yale
football player and the
chairman of the university's
five-year $1.5 billion fund-
raising campaign had told
the Yale Daily News in
January 1992 that he would
resign if an investigation
revealed "substance" to
charges against his com-
pany.
This past March, Baxter
admitted as part of a com-
plicated plea bargain and
civil lawsuit settlement that
it had paid millions in bribes
to Syrian officials in an
effort to get the company off
an Arab blacklist of corn-
panies that did business
with Israel.
In addition to the fine,
Baxter agreed to invest $10
million in Israel and to avoid
further actions in com-
pliance with the boycott.
Students for Business
Ethics, a group of 30 Yale
students, has been hounding
Mr. Loucks to resign for the
past year.
In keeping with Yale tra-
dition, at commencement
exercises the students hired
a plane to fly over the pro-
ceedings trailing a sign that
said, "Resign Loucks."
Benjamin Gordon, a junior
from Bryn Mawr, Pa., who
heads the student group,
said he believes Mr. Loucks
sets a bad moral example for
the university.
"Loucks' continued
presence implies that Yale
condones blatant disregard
for the law," said Mr. Gor-
don, who majors in ethics
and politics.
Half of Mr. Gordon's group
is non-Jewish and its
treasurer is a Muslim. "This
isn't just a Jewish or Israel
issue. You don't have to be
Jewish to care about ethics
and want Vernon Loucks off
the board of trustees," said
Mr. Gordon.
"The settlement doesn't
mitigate (the company's)
criminality. They didn't
have a change of heart; they
just avoided having further
messy details come to light.
This is also a Yale issue."
So far, Mr. Loucks' student
critics have gathered 1,000
signatures on petitions urg-
ing Mr. Loucks' resignation
and convinced the Yale Col-
lege Council to vote to sup-
port the demand.
They have also won sup-
port from alumni including
the financial backing to pay
for the plane.
Harvard law professor and
Yale Law School graduate
Alan Dershowitz has public-
ly called for Mr. Loucks' res-
ignation in his syndicated
column.
Dr. Mark Cohan, a Florida
physician and Yale alumnus
was one of the successful
plaintiffs in the civil lawsuit
against Baxter. Dr. Cohan
was pleased with the Baxter
settlement but still supports
the student protest.
"I agree with the principle
that Yale must stand for
ethical behavior. The
lawsuit settlement righted a
wrong but that does not ex-
cuse Mr. Loucks from his
commitment. He should
resign," said Dr. Cohan.
To date, the university has
closed ranks around Mr.
Loucks. Incoming president
Richard Levin, Yale's first
Jewish president, has refus-
ed comment on Mr. Loucks.
Acting President Howard
Lamar has refused to meet
with Students for Business
Ethics to discuss the Loucks
matter.
His office told Mr. Gordon
that "it was not a matter for
the administration." Today
Mr. Lamar issued a state-
ment in response to the pro-
test lauding Mr. Loucks for
his work for the university
and saying "we hope that he
will continue to serve" Yale
in the future.
University spokeswoman
Laurie Trotta dismissed the
student protest saying that
"the students have a right to
protest and usually do so
with relish. Every year some
students rent a plane."