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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kevin White has led a building administration. During his stint as mayor, four skyscrapers, the new City Hall, Quincy Market and a dozen other big projects have sprouted in the city...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: A White Knight | 9/29/1979 | See Source »

Many freshman who signed up with SHS waited freshman week for a phone call that never came. Lee Rubin, chairman of the Freshman Task Force (FTF), recollected, "the main thing I heard from freshmen about SHS was, "My big-brother (guide) hasn't gotten in touch with me, What should...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: Help Wanted | 9/28/1979 | See Source »

...cautions that one or two unexpected big local contributions could belie his prediction. "There may be three guys out here with a big interest in the preservation of Memorial Church, for all I know," he says. "The Preservation of Memorial Church" is one of the smaller items on the list of needs the Development Office has distributed to potential contributors--a list that also includes the larger goals of endowing faculty seats and student financial aid, renovating buildings, and funding educational programs like the Core Curriculum...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Cocktail Parties and Capital: Cambridge Calls On Rochester | 9/28/1979 | See Source »

...Your easy money, your big money, your loyal money is up front," the Rochester fundraiser says. "It's when you get into the trenches--in places like Detroit, and Dallas, and Rochester--that you find out where you really are." Alumni fundraisers and development officials will climb into those trenches for five years starting this fall, and whether local areas like Rochester prove generous or not, it's bound to be a long battle...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Cocktail Parties and Capital: Cambridge Calls On Rochester | 9/28/1979 | See Source »

...unclear whether we're considered part of the big Northeast area or the boondocks-I guess we're in the middling boonies." --Harry P. Trueheart...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Cocktail Parties and Capital: Cambridge Calls On Rochester | 9/28/1979 | See Source »

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