Andy Grundberg Urges Cornell Community to Support President Kotlikoff

What changed

Andy Grundberg ’69, who was on campus during the 1969 Willard Straight Hall takeover and protested the Vietnam War, has published a letter comparing campus attitudes then with those today.

His new appeal is direct: Cornell students and faculty should support President Kotlikoff. The letter does not specify which current attitudes or actions he means.

Why it matters

This is a call for institutional backing, rooted in someone’s memory of a deeply unsettled period at Cornell. Grundberg is not simply recalling the past; he is using it to argue that today’s campus climate demands a choice from students and faculty.

The important question now is whether his historical comparison persuades anyone beyond the page. The report does not establish how President Kotlikoff, students or faculty have responded.