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Another major benefactor, Adolphus Busch of beer and Clydesdale fame, was more interested in his own cultural roots, so he founded the Germanic Museum in 1903 and turned over a large gift of statues, sculptures and plaster-cast architecture samples to the Museums. Now the Center for European Studies, Busch Hall drew some of the most important Germanic art in all of North America when Bauhaus and Expressionist artists seeking refuge brought their private collections...
Jamie Houghton's father, Amory Houghton '21, was active in alumni affairs and was the Divinity School's primary benefactor for many years, according to Vice President for Development and Alumni Affairs Fred L. Glimp '50. Amory Houghton also endowed the Chemistry Department chair now occupied by Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles...
Jacquelyn Piro--Cosette during the musical's 1988 Broadway run--brings a delicate urgency to Fantine's struggle for survival. Fired from her job in a factory owned by Valjean, now Monsieur Madeleine, the town's mayor and benefactor, she fears for the survival of her daughter Cosette, kept by an innkeeper in the French countryside. Piro delivers one of the most touching and powerful performances of the evening, "I Dreamed a Dream," as she recalls the only summer she spent with her child's father...
...busts of John Harvard (sculpted by Daniel Chester French) and George Washington (a gift from one of the original architects) will stay, too, along with the fireplaces whose mantels they grace. "They were designed for the space; they will definitely stay," reassures Buckley. A portrait of the Union's benefactor, Henry Higgenson, will keep the busts company, along with the statue of the draped man upon a turtle named "Kronos." Some of the tables originally designed for the Union have been ferreted away into storage for quite some time now, and will re-appear to be recycled...
...frank; the Loebs could have cut a much better deal. Think about it this way. The Loebs donate $70.5 million, the largest donation to Harvard ever from a living benefactor. In acknowledgment of their kindness, a handsome but fairly unimportant building oddly sandwiched between Lamont Library and Emerson Hall is renamed in their honor...