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...guilty old friend Werle, who was also involved in the scandal but was acquitted for lack of evidence. In the last 15 years, both Ekdal and his father have built a new life on deception; Hjalmar has married, without knowing that his wife was once the mistress of his benefactor Werle, or that his daughter may in fact be Werle's child. Lt. Ekdal, the father, finds happiness in hunting, even though the only animals he hunts are tame rabbits in an attic...
Rapaport first aroused the enmity of the university administration in October, 1966, when he published an article exposing a conflict of interest on the part of Eugene B. Power, a large benefactor of the university who was then serving on its Board of Regents...
...overall cost of the building and its collection, but this time she also demanded control over the building's operation and personnel. At last, her aversion to modern art and her criticism of the staff became too much for Pitt, which sadly severed ties with its great benefactor. Pitt will keep her previous gifts, but she will no longer have a voice at the university. "Academic integrity is the issue," said Vice Chancellor Charles Peake. "I'm sorry my collection was not appreciated," said Miss Frick...
Lavin found the Bernini bust of Antonio Coppola, a benefactor of the hospital, through hints in a 19th century inventory, confirmed by minutes of a 1612 meeting at which a blank check was given to Confraternita's treasurer to pay Bernini. Its twin, of Benefactor Antonio Cepparelli, was done a decade later. Drill holes in the eyes heighten their lifelike aspect, and the craggy hand of Coppola that emerges from the cloak, as if from no possible shoulder, adds to the theatrical immediacy of the long lost work. Lavin believes that the Coppola bust was done by Bernini...
Died. Grenville Clark, 84, Wall Street lawyer, Harvard benefactor (a member of the "Corporation" for 19 years), World Federalist and friend to two Presidents named Roosevelt, who did not let that stop him from organizing a national lawyers' committee to fight F.D.R.'s Supreme Court "packing" plan in 1937, later drafted the 1940 Selective Service Act, established the American Bar Association's civil rights committee, and wrote a voluminous treatise (World Peace Through World Law) calling for extensive revision of the United Nations charter, total disarmament and formation of a world development organization to promote peace...