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...group which opposes shifting material from the Arnold Arboretum includes a former member of the Corporation, Grenville Clark '03 and Henry F. DuPont '03. During the seven years previous to the construction of the Herbarium, this group sent three formal protests to the Corporation, about the proposed move from the Arboretum. The dissenters contend that the Arboretum "always should be, as in the past, a semi-independent institution of Harvard." Moving to Cambridge, they feel, would thwart the purpose of Arnold's bequest...
Born: Paris, May 4, 1895, grandson of a rabbi, son of Jacob Justin Mayer, director of a dynamite company, and Marthe Rose Simone Dupont. A cousin by marriage of the famous Rothschild banking family, he has often represented Rothschild interests on company directorates...
Among the eight candidates for Alumni Association director are J. Brooks Atkinson '17, New York Times drama critic, and Lammot duPont Copeland '27, Director and Secretary of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours...
...Carothers Research Professorship frees one Harvard chemist each year for one year of research. It was established in 1951 by the DuPont Company in honor of the late Dr. Wallace H. Carothers, the Harvard chemistry teacher who headed the DuPont research program that led to the discovery of Nylon...
...slump in textiles hit some companies hard. American Viscose (rayon & acetate yarns) saw its net almost halved to $3,400,000. Easing demand in the chemical industry had also shaved many earnings. Union Carbide's net was down 20% to $23 million, and DuPont's firsthalf sales were off along with its net ($2.12 per share v. $2.20 in 1951). On the other hand, fast-expanding Mathieson (TIME, July 21) racked up a 9% profit gain to $2,900,000, and drugmaker Parke, Davis, which has been able to turn a profit for 75 consecutive years, reported record...