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...Lowell resigned as president, and by curious coincidence, later that year, an anonymous donor came up with the million-odd dollars needed to endow the Society. Upon Lowell's death in 1943, it was revealed that he himself was the mysterious underwriter--"It took nearly all I had," he wrote--and the endowment became known as the Anna Parker Lowell Fund, in memory of the late president's wife...
...donor, John L. Loeb '24, has made enough money in investment banking to give the University about $12 million over the past 25 years. He has also spent some of it in questionable ways: the Federal Election Commission fined him in 1972 for illegal campaign contributions. But while we may not like some of the ways he chooses to spend his money, we think his recent gift quite appropriate. We hope his donation spurs other alumni with spare change in their pockets to think about the needs of Harvard's young--and often neglected--scholars. This area...
Thus a person with O blood has been dubbed the universal donor. Though 45% of the population are group O, the supply of donated O blood on hand is often not enough to meet needs. If it were possible to convert blood from the other three groups to type O, however, that supply would be dramatically increased. Researchers at the New York Blood Center have taken an important step toward that goal. Experiments directed by Biochemist Jack Goldstein have transformed type B red blood cells to type O. Using a "cutting" enzyme extracted from coffee beans, the researchers clipped...
Ironically, the UNHCR received its highest accolade at a time when several donor countries were questioning its management methods. The agency's executive committee convened at its Geneva headquarters last week partly to look into widespread criticism of UNHCR inefficiency and poor morale. Though few UNHCR staffers and other relief aides criticize the motivation of High Commissioner Hartling, 67, a former Danish Prime Minister who has held the top post at the agency since 1978, some believe he lacks the leadership qualities needed to cope with a far-flung and slow-moving U.N. bureaucracy...
Rich and prestigious institutions like Cal Tech, Harvard, M.I.T. and Stanford are able to dictate strong terms, including university control of patents and freedom to publish all research; the donor company usually just gets first bid on licensing. Says James Lewis, director of projects and grants at Columbia: "We want no publishing restrictions, no undue influence on courses and research, and no classified or secret research." But many universities accede to less favorable agreements. At Texas A & M, which gets 35% of its $30 million research budget from corporations, W. Arthur Porter, director of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station, acknowledges...