Two New Alumni Members Join ACSR

When the President's office announces the names of seven new members of the Advisory Committee for Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR) either today or on Monday, the list will include two new alumni members--a Newton business executive and the president of a Cambridge energy equipment firm.

David Aloian '49, executive director of the Associated Harvard Alumni (AHA) said yesterday that the AHA chose David B. Arnold '44 and Richard Rosen '60 to replace two outgoing alumni representatives on the ACSR.

Rosen said yesterday he recently received a letter from President Bok confirming his appointment to the ACSR. Arnold could not be reached for comment yesterday.

Rosen, who heads Energy Resources Inc., a firm specializing in advanced technology for energy projects such as pollution control and hazardous waste disposal, has travelled to South Africa three times in the past year.

He also plans to go there in January to deliver a technical paper at a University of Capetown Conference. Rosen said he had planned his trips to investigate the extent to which "institutionalized apartheid dominated the South African society."

He interviewed European and African corporate executives, as well as Black and white leaders. "I wanted a view of the people who are directly affected by government policies in South Africa," he added.

Although he said he finds apartheid appalling, Rosen added that he does not believe rapid institutional change in the country would necessarily provide a solution to South Africa's problems.

Saying he does not know what sort of agenda the committee will set this year, Rosen declined comment on how he will stand on South Africa or other issues during his upcoming term with the ACSR.

He added that he hoped his engineering expertise will contribute to discussions of environmental and technological issues