Word: davises
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Mack Davis, director of the Program of Advanced Standing, said yesterday it is too soon to know whether assigning all the transfer students to the Quad will work out. He added that he thought there were ample opportunities for Quad residents to get involved with campus life.
When Lummis tried to impose his will on the Old Guard, Davis struck back in a Delaware court by seeking to have him removed as co-administrator of the estate, charging that Lummis had a conflict of interest as both co-administrator and Summa chairman. Lummis' answer was to...
For the moment, Davis is secure within the medical institute fortress. In fact, he has a far more profitable part of the empire than Lummis. Still, the ultimate solution of the conflict depends on a Hughes will-if there is a valid one. George Francom, a personal aide, has testified...
Led by Lummis, Hughes' heirs, who number 23 in all, are contesting the Mormon will. They want the estate to be divided according to a formula that would give nearly one-quarter to Lummis' mother and distribute the rest among the others. Davis, meanwhile, is starting his own...
Ironically, the Hollywood Establishment that reviled her has now made her one of its spokeswomen. She presented the American Film Institute's lifetime achievement award to Bette Davis earlier this year, and was one of the hosts of the Academy Awards.