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Old 06-05-2007, 08:33 PM   #43
sakky
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Your examples were where somebody other than the alumnus (e.g., the corporate Public Relations department, the journalist writing an article) chose the description
Such press reports are almost always based on what the individual in question wanted the press report or article to say. For example, most corporate PR departments will specifically ask what an employee wants their bio to say and then, subject to fact-checking, will just print it verbatim. Rarely if ever will they just print something of their own accord.

But anyway, even if you were right, and it was a decision made by the PR department or the journalist to 'conceal' a particular Harvard degree from KSG or GSE, then that only begs the question of why? .

In other words, instead of having the individual in question concealing a particular Harvard degree fomr GSE or KSG, you now have people who are once-removed (the PR department, the journalist, etc.) now trying to conceal a particular Harvard degree from GSE or KSG. But that's a distinction without a difference. Either way, looks like somebody out there is attempting to conceal. What does it matter WHO is trying to conceal it? All that matters is that SOMEBODY is trying to conceal it, and that begs the question of why. So evidently, somebody feels that an affiliation with KSG or GSE is not worth mentioning.
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