Harvard Board Member Steps Down, Citing Clashes With President

A member of Harvard University's seven-member governing board has resigned over disagreements with the institution's controversial president, Lawrence H. Summers.

"I have concluded that I can no longer support President Summers," the board member, Conrad K. Harper, said in a telephone interview.

Mr. Harper, a lawyer in New York City, resigned in a July 14 letter to Mr. Summers, citing his disapproval of the board's recent decision to increase the salary of Mr. Summers, who was

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