Word: bennette
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...George F. Bennett '33, treasurer of the College, who made the decisions for the Corporation, is perhaps the most business-oriented...
...Bennett has influenced the Corporation so heavily in matters of investment policy for several reasons. First, as treasurer and manager of Harvard's investment portfolio, he speaks with the authority of the man who knows, the man that others must ask. Investment policy is a complex and highly specialized field. Because Bennett is both treasurer and investment manager, he has established a monopoly on knowledge of Harvard's financial intricacies...
...Bennett's multiple roles have been criticized. The University Committee on Governance's "Harvard and Money" pamphlet, the Austin Committee report on "University Relations with Corporate Enterprise," and the Andrews Committee report on "The Organization and Functions of the Governing Boards and the President's Office" all question the propriety of one man's occupying so many top offices...
Sensitive on this point, Bennett disagrees sharply. He sees no conflict of interest between his State Street and Harvard functions. And he has an argument that convinces many Harvard officials, especially in these days of financial troubles...
...Jaycees, the young businessmen's organization. Ironically, the judges on the local level are usually more competent than those at Atlantic City, where the panel is stacked with national celebrities to add glamour and prestige. Not all of them have taken their jobs entirely seriously. Publisher Bennett Cerf, a judge in 1958, was overheard to inquire, "Do you think they're all certified virgins?" No such assurances are sought, although such extreme measures are taken to separate the contestants from the male sex that at times it seems as if the pageant were run by members...