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...Corporation includes the same sorts of men it has for the last 100 years--wealthy, successful, middle-aged. The board tends to be dominated by lawyers and businessmen, but this changes from time to time, with professors, doctors, and clergymen occasionally taking their turn. In many ways the tone of the Corporation is set by the president. Eliot was arguably the first great university president, forging the model on which the University is still run today in his 30 year term of office. Under him the average age of undergraduates and faculty increased, the requirements of dorm residence and regular...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: Empire Building | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

...makeup of the Corporation--one professor, one lawyer and four businessmen--reflects the way the board operates. Originally the Corporation consisted of Harvard professors and clergymen, but for more than 100 years it has been dominated by lawyers and businessmen. Members say this is because of the kind of issues the board deals with...

Author: By John F. Baughman, | Title: Keeping Their Hands In | 6/7/1984 | See Source »

French first began to model the statue in clay in September 1883. He created the costume for the state from the dress of Puritan clergymen of the time. He wrote in December, 1883 that Hoar had sat for the head...

Author: By Richard L. Callan, | Title: 100 Dears of Solitude | 4/28/1984 | See Source »

...service might cause, Reagan said last week of his churchgoing, "I miss it very much. But I represent too much of a threat to too many other people for me to be able to go to church." That does not explain why Reagan has shown no interest in inviting clergymen to conduct services in the White House, as Richard Nixon did, or at Camp David, which was Jimmy Carter's practice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mixing Politics With Prayer | 3/19/1984 | See Source »

Divisions may begin to surface once Khomeini is gone. Informed rumor has it the Ayatullah has already sent the name of his chosen successor, in a sealed envelope to be opened at his death, to the 60-man council of clergymen that will formally decide the issue. His most likely choice is Montazeri, the mastermind of the regime's attempts to export its revolution. But the short...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Fever Bordering on Hysteria | 3/12/1984 | See Source »

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