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When John Donner tries to return from the West to his birthplace in Pennsylvania, he is an old man, and Unionville has long been under the waters of a huge hydroelectric dam. Donner has been ill, and he is perhaps a little unbalanced as well. The local graveyards were moved up to high ground when the valley was flooded, and as he stands before the graves of his family, Donner is swept away by memories. In his fevered imagination, his boyhood Unionville exists again. He walks the streets, peers into houses, recognizes old friends and acquaintances. He even visits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Homecoming | 4/18/1960 | See Source »

Edward M. Purcell, Donner Professor of Science, will lecture on "The Scientist as an Engineer" tonight in Quincy House at 8 p.m., in the series "Conference on Careers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Purcell to Speak | 11/19/1959 | See Source »

...following week, on Nov. 19, Edward M. Purcell, Donner Professor of Science, plans to discuss "The Scientist as Engineer," at Quincy House. In the Dec. 3 lecture, Burrhus F. Skinner, Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology, will speak on "The Control of Human Behavior...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Purcell Will Lecture In Series on Science | 10/30/1959 | See Source »

...president of the nation's largest corporation, General Motors' Frederic G. Donner-Three Oaks High School, Three Oaks, Mich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: PUBLIC SCHOOL PRODUCTS | 9/14/1959 | See Source »

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Frederic G. Donner, 56, and President John F. Gordon, 59, moved longtime (eight years) Executive Vice President Louis Clifford Goad, 58. In charge of G.M.'s automotive, body and assembly, and parts divisions since 1951, Cliff Goad has jurisdiction over all of G.M.'s general-staff activities: distribution, engineering, manufacturing, personnel, public relations, research and styling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONNEL: No. 3 Man at G.M. | 9/14/1959 | See Source »

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