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Dates: during 1970-1979
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While Jimmy Carter's political fortunes have been waning, his financial fortune, which is in a trust managed by Old Friend Charles Kirbo of Atlanta, has been doing just fine. Last week, in a public accounting required by the 1978 Ethics in Government Act, Carter disclosed that he has...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: All the President's Money | 6/11/1979 | See Source »

They are all talking about the same place--the Public Affairs Library at the Kennedy School of Government. The proposed naming of the library after Charles W. Engelhard, who built a financial empire through his investments in South Africa, touched off a controversy that administrators wanted to die fast. Protests...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: That Damned Library | 6/7/1979 | See Source »

K-School administrators said they were unaware of the extent of Charles Engelhard's connections to South Africa when they accepted a $1 million contribution from the Engelhard Foundation early last year. A feature in an October Crimson detailed Engelhard's involvement in South Africa: as chairman of the board...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: That Damned Library | 6/7/1979 | See Source »

The student committee members who had been negotiating with the Engelhard Foundation accomplished their goal when in mid-May they helped to bring about a satisfactory compromise. The agreement involved compromise on both sides, with the students sacrificing more of their original demands. The students had wanted the school to...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: That Damned Library | 6/7/1979 | See Source »

Many people in the city planning profession would tell him to hire some bright young graduates from the Department of City and Regional Planning (CRP) of Harvard's Graduate School of Design (GSD). But many others would insist he avoid that institution altogether. "They teach you economic analysis, not city...

Author: By Steven J. Sampson and Richard F. Strasser, S | Title: Throwing Stones In Glass Houses | 6/7/1979 | See Source »

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