Drusilla D. Blackman, a GSAS dean who is amember of the advisory committee, says counter"seems to be sensitive, concerned with otherminority groups, and students from Hillel."

His recent complaint about Crimson coverage isnot the first. In 1982, Counter criticized TheCrimson for its coverage of the Foundation,charging that the newspaper highlighted theorganization's troubles without adequatelyreporting its accomplishments.

The conflict culminated in a meeting attendedby Counter, representatives of several minoritygroups, and The Crimson's executive editors. "Ageneral agreement was reached to strive towardopen communication and cooperation, and thecontroversy surrounding the Foundation faded intoexam period," The Crimson reported at the time.

Many students and College officials emphasizethe good that Counter and the foundation haveaccomplished.

"I think Allen has been one of the majorfigures in preventing the trouble they have onother campuses," says Richard Marius, seniorlecturer on English and a member of theFoundation's faculty advisory committee.

When Counter first took the job, he seemedreluctant to completely sacrifice his research. "Iam a scientist first, before other things, and Iwill make my best contribution in that area," hesaid in 1982.

Today, at age 47, counter is almost completelyenmeshed in his duties at the Foundation. Hiscareer is an extraordinary one.

Counter grew up in the "rigidly segregated"community of Boynton, Fla. and escaped with thehelp of parents who viewed education "as part oftheir religious belief, not just a thing to do foreconomics," he told The Crimson in 1982.

He arrived at Harvard's Biology Department in1970 with a bachelor's degree from TennesseeUniversity and a Ph.D in neurobiology from Casewestern Reserve. he earned an assistantprofessorship in 1972, and an associate post in1977.

Counter was denied tenure in 1980, and moved tothe Medical School, where he still holds anassistant professorship. He travels to theKarolinska, Nobel Institute in Sweden every summerto do clinical research in a quite setting.

Counter has since stopped teaching biology andhis most well-know accomplishments are probablyhis field research in south America and theArctic.

In 1971, he began a series of amateurexplorations of the South American Surinam rainforest to do cultural studies among isolatedtribes of African back-ground.

He and Harvard senior admissions officer DavidL. Evans, made seven voyages. During each, theylived among the Djuka tribespeople and documentedtheir communal and cooperative way of life.

The trips resulted in an award-winningdocumentary film and a book, I sought MyBrother.

His anthropological work won him respect andnational recognition. In 1988, he was asked tohead City University of New York's Medgar EversUniversity.