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...John F. Enders, who during nearly 50 years as a Harvard scientist won wide acclaim and a Nobel prize for helping to develop vaccines against polio, measles and mumps, died Sunday night at his summer home in Waterford, Conn. He was 88 years...
Born in 1897, in West Hartford, Conn., Enders graduated from Yale in 1920. In 1922, he received a master's degree in English from Harvard, switched to science upon meeting a Harvard immunology professor and joined the Harvard Medical School faculty after receiving...
...funeral service is scheduled for this afternoon in West Hartford, Conn. The date for a Harvard memorial service has not yet been...
...years ago in New Haven, Conn., the Yale football team ended the worst campaign in its 113-year history as the Elis slumped off the Yale Bowl turf--after a 16-7 defeat by Harvard--losers for the ninth time in 10 Saturdays...
...Union Carbide (1984 sales: $9.5 billion) aims to reverse its fortunes. Last week the Danbury, Conn.-based company dramatically retrenched its operations, announcing that it will eliminate 4,000 white-collar jobs, thereby reducing its work force about 15%. The firm will close several unprofitable plants and make other moves to slim down operations. The large write-offs, which will cost $990 million, will give Union Carbide an estimated net loss of $250 million for 1985, compared with a profit of $323 million in 1984. In a step that could dissuade raiders, the company plans to buy back $500 million...