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Under the guidance of Corporation members Andrew Heiskell and Francis H. Burr '35, the University's top governing body moved away from detailed involvement in the day-to-day affairs of the University toward a more global perspective...
...Some overseers when I was there were rather exasperated that they were lectured to, and had little impact in decisions--that has changed," Burr says. The visiting committees allow overseers some input into the government of the University they dominated centuries earlier...
About 20 students and faculty members gathered in Burr Hall to hear the reports which included studies of medieval French marital customs and the American Women's Army Corps in World...
...other History and Literature concentrators giving presentations in Burr Hall were Estelina L. Dallett '87, Edith Ervin '87, Valerie G. Scoon '87, and Takemi Ueno...
...been completely harmonious. From the beginning, there have been predictable problems in integrating EDS's data services into GM's far-flung operations. Worse, EDS Chairman Ross Perot, who is now GM's largest stockholder (11.3 million shares) and a member of the board of directors, has become a burr in Smith's side. Perot has publicly sniped at the automaker's management for its isolation, resistance to change and indulgence in old-boy perks like chauffeured limousines...