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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...conversation that pass between the stroller and some invisible colleague. Indeed, at certain points, the figure seems to stop and engage in lengthy discourse with himself, ending abruptly with a nod of decision and a hurried resumption of his path toward Lehman Hall. The early morning boulevardier is Aldrich Durant, Business Manager of the University and his invisible colleague might well be the spiritual embodiment of the Harvard Corporation, which has saddled this shrewd Yankee with a thankless job that has often caused him agitation of the soul...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faculty Profile | 7/19/1946 | See Source »

Therefore, in accordance with military justice, I make a . . . prediction. Colonel Durant of jewel fame will be promoted, whereas the lowly corporal involved will get 30 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 8, 1946 | 7/8/1946 | See Source »

...House men by the University Caretaking and Real Estate Division. Students who have books in their rooms were particularly requested to beware of thieves. Every year janitors, maids, and watchmen catch not a few trespassers in College Houses. Sound advice is proffered by the Business manager, Aldrich Durant: Lock them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: City Trespassers Defy Laws; Some Gain Unlawful Entries | 7/5/1946 | See Source »

After 22 1/2 years as Purchasing Agent for the University, William G. Morse '99 retired June 30. His duties will be assumed temporarily by Aldrich Durant '02, Business Manager, who will carry out the purchasing function in addition to his present responsibilities until a successor to Morse is appointed. The Purchasing Office staff is in the charge of the assistant to the Purchasing Agent, William P. Bunyon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Durant Assumes Job Of Purchasing Agent On Morse Retirement | 7/2/1946 | See Source »

...Station Locker. Following Mrs. Durant's directions, MPs searched the house in Hudson, found some $500,000 in miscellaneous loot. The family was using a 36-piece, solid gold table set in the kitchen. But the most valuable treasure, the $2,500,000 worth of loose gems, was still missing. Colonel Durant had put them in the hands of a fence. Finally, he telephoned the stolen goods dealer, told him the jewels were hot. After an hour the fence called back. Following his direction, Durant led MPs to a dime-in-the-slot locker in Chicago's Illinois...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Something Borrowed ... | 6/17/1946 | See Source »

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