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Speaking at the recent opening of a new museum wing, the Honorable Robert Woods Bliss, owner of the mansion, revealed the intention of his wife and himself to make over the property within their lifetime for the purpose of research in fine arts and the humanities...
...Bliss graduated from Harvard in 1900 and is now a member of its Board of Overseers. He was formerly Ambassador to Argentina. He retired from the diplomatic service in 1933 after serving thirty years in many posts in Europe and South America and in the Department of State in Washington...
...letter addressed to Mr. Bliss, President Conant expressed the University's thanks and added that the gift "serves as a reminder that in these days of trial and stress there falls on our colleges and universities an obligation to maintain steadfastly their positions as custodians of the cultural treasures of our civilization...
Telegrams, flowers, and congratulatory messages and an influx of friends and admirers poured into 5 Clemont Circle yesterday in honor of the eightieth birthday of Bliss Perry, Francis Lee Higginson Professor of English Literature, emeritus...
...part of the inauguration of the buildings, a two-day symposium on medieval and Byzantine art was hold at the Bliss estate...