Word: dann
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Mike Dann's statement that money has never mattered to Freddie Silverman (at $350,000 a year, plus options); he only wants respect: why doesn't his new boss, Fred Pierce, call Freddie in and say he is going to give him $20,000 a year and all the respect he wants...
Money has never mattered to Freddie," adds Mike Dann, Silverman's mentor and the man who preceded him as CBS's top programmer. "What he really wanted was respect for the tremendous role he was playing in the company. Freddie quit almost 250 times at CBS, but, far more important, during at least half his time there I can count three network presidents who wanted to fire him." Silverman's own explanation for his leave-taking is the most poignant: "I found I wasn't laughing any more...
...worked, if that is conceivable, even harder at ABC, determined to put it on top and keep it there. "He's fearful and panicked and fixing and playing, as if he were losing not winning," marvels one friend. A puzzle? Not really. "To Freddie," explains Dann, "it isn't enough to succeed. The other guy has to fail." Silverman says somewhat the same thing, but less bluntly: "I think there is a philosophy that is good no matter what you are doing. That is to always act as if you're in last place. You just shouldn't take success...
...Alan O. Dann '55, an active recruiter in Connecticut, says the alumni's athletic recruting efforts blend in with its attempts to attract high-caliber high school students with different talents. Much of the recruiting drive is channeled through the National Student Scholarships Committee and the Schools Committees established by each of the 80 Harvard Clubs around the country. A total of about 3000 alumni are active in recruting students, with about 400 to 800 primarily involved in athletic recruiting, Dann says. "We just keep our eyes out for names--National Merit lists, science fair winners--and we also read...
...surprised at 1.8 and I guess if it went any further it would bother me," Alan O. Dann '55, chairman of the Committee on Schools and Scholarships of the Association of Harvard Alumni, said this week. "But I think it's levelling out--we'll see 1.8-or 1.9-to-1 from now on," he added...