Word: appointed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...October 1, 1956. The program had passed the city council in May, and before the council elections last fall most of the candidates announced that they would support it. City Manager John J. Curry '19, seemed in no hurry to get it underway. It was up to him to appoint a chairman for the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority to coordinate blueprints, but he has not yet found a man. Certainly he has had problems. For a job that requires a competent city planner, the salary offered is small; any man who takes it must have an interest in Cambridge...
Although the program got City Council approval in October, only a few people have been willing to give it substantial support. Continued lethargy at City Hall could ruin its chances. The responsibility right now is City Manager Curry's--it is up to him to appoint a man to get the program under way. While he should take sufficient time to find the right man for a tough job, it seems that if the Urban Renewal is to amount to anything, the time is about...
...Library of Congress has refused to appoint Albert Sprague Coolidge '15, lecturer on Chemistry, to a board that manages a foundation set up by his mother...
...advisers worked out "The Great Equation" -the important relationship of maximum economic strength to military strength in fighting the cold war. Economic strength meant a drive to end inflation, and that meant an end to deficit financing. Cost-conscious, Ike was the first President to appoint his Budget Director to a permanent seat on the Cabinet and the National Security Council. Cabinet members not only make the trip to see Rowland Hughes in his office in the Old State Building, but most of them are so well-trained by the rigors of business life that they have a healthy respect...
...political deal to elect a mayor of Cambridge. After two fruitless weeks of balloting, Councillor Edward J. Sullivan backed into the mayor's chair after he had persuaded fellow Councillor Thomas M. McNamara to climb off the political fence and into the Sullivan camp. Next week, Sullivan will appoint McNamara chairman of the Council's Finance Committee...