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...Weyerhaeuser Co., announcing first-quarter earnings of $17,005,000, named George H. Weyerhaeuser, 39, as president and chief executive officer, succeeding Norton Clapp, 60, who moves up to chairman. Weyerhaeuser, a great-grandson of the founder of the huge forest-products firm, made news at age 9, when he was kidnaped for $200,000 ransom. He was released after seven days, three kidnapers were caught, and most of the money was recovered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporations: Full Quarter | 4/29/1966 | See Source »

...bait, to put up or shut up," she says. She is Ruth M. Adams, 51, dean of Douglass College, the women's division of New Jersey's Rutgers University, and soon she will take a stand at Massachusetts' Wellesley College as successor to departing President Margaret Clapp (who will go on to be head of Lady Doak College in Madurai, India...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colleges: New Name on Wellesley's Door | 3/25/1966 | See Source »

...country-sweet as the Mount Holyoke lasses. Their distinguishing characteristic, in short, is that they don't stand out. They tend simply to be wholesome girls who make normal, well-adjusted housewives and civic-minded citizens. One important reason for that reputation is Wellesley College President Margaret Clapp, 55, who emphasizes a well-balanced liberal-arts education for her girls. She is a sharp critic of what she calls "the smorgasbord school," where students get a wide, undirected choice of elective courses that adds up to a smattering of everything and a challenge from nothing. She prefers what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colleges: A Point in Time at Wellesley | 8/20/1965 | See Source »

...Norton Clapp, president, Weyerhaeuser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Feb. 19, 1965 | 2/19/1965 | See Source »

...absence of Dave Clapp, however, may be the most serious handicap to the Crimson tommorrow. Clapp, who subs for center half Chuck Okigwe and generally picks up team spirit, sustained a muscle injury Thursday and is a doubtful starter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Soccer Squad, In Do-or-Die Situation, Duels Unbeaten Brown | 11/16/1963 | See Source »

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