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...years as the result of radiation exposure, Manhattan Internist John M. Prutting, 56, was hardly pleased last fall when Mrs. Prutting, 35, gave birth to her first child. Without his consent or knowledge, says the doctor, Mrs. Prutting conceived her child by A.I.D. (artificial insemination by a donor). Predictably, Prutting is now suing for divorce on the only ground New York permits-adultery. Unpredictably, his suit poses a curious legal riddle, and a jury must now tackle the key issue: Does A.I.D. constitute adultery...
...anonymous donor contributed $500,000 to the fund on the condition that the fund drive be completed by November, 1967. The rest of the first million dollars came from foundations and private sources...
...right. "There are now at least twice as many members of the freshman class who are eligible for this program as are on the actual gamble-fund list," says Briggs. In fact, the original donor has been gradually reducing payments and by 1970 will stop them altogether...
When he provided the original funds, the donor had a specific idea in mind. "He wanted to see if we could discover some quality that all these boys possessed, say at age ten, and thus be able to predict greatness from boys in Harlem at that age," Briggs explains. Only one consistent quality, difficult to predict, was found. "At some point in their boyhoods," says Briggs, "some thoughtful, sensitive adult came in contact with these boys and made a deep impression on them. In some cases, it was a neighbor, in others a priest, or perhaps a YMCA leader...
Twenty years ago Harvard brought a "risk" from a small farm in the Midwest. Today he is a well-known Ivy League professor, and if Briggs, Glimp, and the gamble fund's donor have their way, college faculties in the next two decades will be full of the same kinds of risks