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University officials hope that mega benefactor Katherine B. Loker started a trend with her $14 million gift to the library system last year...

Author: By Erica B. Levy, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Libraries, Professorships Still Lack Funds as FAS Nears Campaign Finish Line | 4/20/1999 | See Source »

...their family). I say wonderful--let them give, let them fund students like myself (Class of 1954 scholarship recipient). Theirs is a gift that keeps on giving, however, and lest we forget it gives to me and them. Many gifts contribute to reputations and bring great personal satisfaction to benefactor (I didn't write all those letters of gratitude to members of the Class of 1954 for nothing). Giving your $10 to senior gift is great, but don't try telling me it's in the sprit of Ghandhi-like altruism, or that every gift matters as much...

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, | Title: The Gift That Keeps On Giving | 3/22/1999 | See Source »

With the assistance of a wealthy benefactor, HRTV is embarking on a project that will beam its programming into every student dorm room via the Internet. This new technology, called multicasting, will allow students across the Harvard network to access HRTV programming at regularly scheduled times. HRTV executives hope that students will be watching "Ivory Tower" on their laptops by the end of April, if college administrators comply...

Author: By Kevin E. Meyers, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: You Want Your HRTV? It's Coming Soon to a Computer Screen Near You | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

...mysterious and philanthropic benefactor largely financed this gate, just outside Widener library, though it bares the name of the class. In his stead, the names of Theodore Roosevelt, Class of 1880, and his classmate, former Secretary of State Robert Bacon, are inscribed in the wall. President Eliot also had something to add: n the outside, "Enter to Grow in Wisdom," and on the inside, now partly obscured by Wigg, "Depart, better to serve your country and thy kind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rites of Passage: How Well do You Know Your Gates? | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

...mysterious and philanthropic benefactor largely financed this gate, just outside Widener library, though it bares the name of the class. In his stead, the names of Theodore Roosevelt, Class of 1880, and his classmate, former Secretary of State Robert Bacon, are inscribed in the wall. President Eliot also had something to add: n the outside, "Enter to Grow in Wisdom," and on the inside, now partly obscured by Wigg, "Depart, better to serve your country and thy kind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RITES OF PASSAGE | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

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