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...much of this world, and so did his terms: the Presbyterian men's school could have the money for a sorely needed science building-if it raised another $700,000. It did. Last week, as workmen hauled shiny lab equipment into the new building, Manhattan Millionaire Charles Anderson Dana, back in his Park Avenue aerie, busily unrolled blueprints from other colleges. The plans had to be sound, the terms unwavering: "I'll give half if you give half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Halfway Giver | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

...Charles Dana has reached the age when rich Americans take up the art of giving away money. But not for him the faceless foundation, or the fund raiser with a checklist of millionaires. Dana picks his own targets, pounces on them with tough-minded charity. For the past three years, he has personally "traipsed myself up and down the South," scouting the needs and virtues of a dozen small, obscure colleges. So far, he has seeded seven campuses with more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Halfway Giver | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

...Lamar, freshman football coach, presented the awards, substituting for varsity coach Norman W. Shepard, who was unable to attend. Lamar, quoting from Shepard's prepared speech, said that Boulris' name "will be high in the annals of Harvard baseball." Harrington was said "to possess all the qualities of Dana J.P. Wingate, for whom the award is named...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boulris Receives Wendell Award At Annual Baseball Team Dinner | 12/2/1959 | See Source »

...proposed appointment drew praise from members of the Faculty yesterday. "Erikson is the foremost thinker in the whole field of adolescence," Dana L. Farnsworth, Director of the University Health Services, stated. Henry A. Murray, professor of Clinical Psychology, lauded Erikson's contributions to psychology...

Author: By Claude E. Welch, | Title: Erikson May Receive New Appointment | 11/10/1959 | See Source »

Construction of the new University Health Center will begin late this Spring after 25 years of discussion without action. "We have needed modern facilities since at least 1924," Dana L. Farnsworth, Director of University Health Services, commented, "but only recently have sufficient funds become available...

Author: By Claude E. Welch jr., | Title: First Plans Completed For New Health Center | 10/9/1959 | See Source »

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