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Monday's dinner, held at the Society of Fellows in Eliot House, was an out-growth of Mayor John H. Corcoran's successful effort to obtain Naval authorization for naming a new cruiser after the university city. President Conant and Jerome D. Greene, Secretary to the Corporation, were among those who cooperated...
...broke out in Europe, because Sterling had also agreed to supply I.G.'s Latin American market if I.G. itself could not deliver. In the fall of 1941 it brought down a walloping attack from Thurman Arnold. With the aid of its lawyer, ex-New Deal Fixer Tommy Corcoran, Sterling cleaned up its mess by 1) signing a consent decree; 2) agreeing to abrogate its German contracts once and for all and to compete with I.G. actively in Latin America...
...church at 10:15, and the R.O.T.C. units in Hunt Hall at the same time. The procession will start shortly thereafter, led by President James Bryant Conant and Dr. Reginald Fitz, University Marshal. The governing boards, distinguished guests, including Governor Saltonstall, Major-General Sherman Miles, Admiral Wilson Brown, Mayor Corcoran, and Harvard officials, will form in the Isham Memorial Library and march to the church...
...rationing is what really hurt us," wailed Tournament Manager Fred Corcoran, longtime booster of the Professional Golfers Association. "We couldn't guarantee that our leading players would appear at any set place or time and clubs are reluctant to schedule tournaments under those conditions...
After Partner Corcoran left Government service for a fat private Washington law practice, Partner Cohen faded from the Washington spotlight. He volunteered as adviser to U.S. Ambassador John G. Winant in London to help speed Lend-Lease. After a brief spell in England he returned to Washington. Although he dropped off the Government payroll, he stayed in the background, occasionally helping to draft a bill, to give advice. He turned down several jobs offered by Franklin Roosevelt. Still an ardent New Dealer, it was winning the war that seemed important now. He was waiting for the spot in which...