Word: dumbarton
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Pasvolsky, 59, Russian-born architect of the United Nations charter and economics expert at Brookings Institution; after a heart attack; in Washington, D.C. A late '30s protege of Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Economist Pasvolsky served as Hull's principal behind-the-scenes strategist at the Dumbarton Oaks and San Francisco conferences, broke a Big Five deadlock at San Francisco by "reinterpreting" the veto question and rewriting the U.N. charter...
Washington newsmen were surprised by nothing but the frankness and timing of Krock's announcement, since Diplomatic Correspondent Reston, 43, has long been the star of the Times bureau and heir apparent to the throne. A Pulitzer Prizewinner (for his reporting of the Dumbarton Oaks conference), Reston has worked top sources and a sharp, journalistic mind to give him a long series of exclusive stories. His basic formula for covering Washington: "Read the newspapers and then raise in your own mind the unanswered questions. You can anticipate what a government will do, and, on the basis of that...
Professor Paul A. Underwood of the Harvard-Dumbarton Oaks research library near Washington, D.C., the head of a mission uncovering Byzantine mosaics, has announced that work is nearing completion after almost 20 years of toil...
Bloch was born in Berlin, and studied at the University of Berlin and the University of Rome. He continued his studies at Harvard and then at the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library in Washington, D.C. He was appointed instructor of Greek and Latin here in 1941, assistant professor in 1946, and associate professor...
...able administrator as well as a fine teacher. By 1943 he was a full professor; in 1948 he was director of the university's European Institute, in 1949 was appointed provost and later vice president. He also found time to serve on the U.S. delegation at Dumbarton Oaks and to help set up the U.N. Security Council in San Francisco. A trim, vigorous scholar, Dr. Kirk has already demonstrated his ability to manage the complicated affairs of the university. There will be little new to him about his new job except the title, the salary (a reported...