Word: alum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nobody's Perfect: President Derek C. Bok may be a Stanford University alum, but Harvard officials are still a bit touchy when it comes to their West Coast rival. So when a reporter asked Vice President for Finance Robert H. Scott why Harvard had fallen behind Stanford in fundraising for three straight years, he answered quickly, "We made a mistake...
...December 17th issue of The Crimson, you published a front-page story entitled "Alum Barred From Campus For Harassing Currier Tutor." Appearing during the furor surrounding the rape of a Harvard employee in the Science Center, the article made it appear that the "Harvard Alum," Mr. Laurence O. McKinney, had been prohibited from the campus for threatening students at the University. In fact, there have been no incidents of harassment excepting for the claims of a single graduate student. These allegations, made in March, 1985, were without witnesses, formal complaints or other substantiation. They were contested...
...President's "action agenda." Bush had been predicting publicly that Congress would not like his courageous proposals, even as he artfully wooed legislators to ensure a warm reception. By the time the new President made his triumphal entrance into the House chamber, beaming and backslapping like a joyful alum at a Yale reunion, the stage was set for the programmatic speech that would boldly launch the Bush Administration...
...society's ideas had been to raise funds through a plaque, to be placed in Thacher's north tower, commemorating Phillip Weld's love of sailing. I couldn't see that a Harvard alum really had a place in the island's history. The money would be helpful, but does this set the stage for putting corporate slogans on keepers' houses...
Persistence paid off for a Leverett House senior and an alum yesterday when the Hasty Pudding Theatrical Club selected their play--submitted this year and last--for its spring production...