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Putnam will be the first Harvard Treasurer to devote most of his time to managing the University's accounts. Previous Treasurers generally held full-time jobs as financiers on top of their Harvard duties.

Author: By Peter Shapiro, | Title: Putnam to Succeed Bennett As New Harvard Treasurer | 5/15/1973 | See Source »

Gambril was recommended for his new position by former Tide coach John Foster, professor of Aquatics at Alabama, after the former visited Alabama last year to attend a swimming clinic. Foster is stepping down to devote all his available time to his teaching responsibilities in the water safety and aquatics...

Author: By M. DEACON Dake, | Title: Gambril: From Crimson Johns to Crimson Tide | 5/2/1973 | See Source »

The post of U.S. Ambassador to Moscow has been vacant for three months now, and both the Kremlin and the State Department are getting impatient for President Nixon to choose someone soon. Russian officials hope His Excellency will be a political appointee with little expertise in Soviet affairs, preferably a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Wanted: A Superambassador | 4/23/1973 | See Source »

The fellowships are awarded on the basis of "demonstrated accomplishment in the past and strong promise for the future," according to the Guggenheim Foundation. The awards allow each recipient to devote an entire, continuous year to a project in his particular field, away from any distractions which might otherwise impair...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lucrative Guggenheim Fellowships Go To Eight Exuberant Harvard Faculty | 4/17/1973 | See Source »

After serving three scattered terms, Ervin left the legislature to devote full time to practicing law with his father. "It was from him that I got the feeling that the freedom of the individual-no matter how lowly he is-is fundamental," Ervin recalls. The elder Ervin was especially incensed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: Defying Nixon's Reach for Power | 4/16/1973 | See Source »

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