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...crowd could name nearly all the others. The chief engineer of the event, he quite literally looms large: Robert Gregg Stone Jr. '45, chair emeritus and director of the Kirby Corporation...
...However, those studies tended to focus on poor families headed by teen mothers and kids of divorced parents. A Cornell University study of six- and seven-year-olds found that the mere fact of single parenthood does not mean that a child will have trouble academically. Henry Ricciuti, professor emeritus of human development and author of Single Parenthood and School Readiness, found that the mother's educational level and ability, rather than the absence of a father, have the most influence on a child's school readiness. Says he: "Single parenthood shouldn't be seen, in and of itself...
WASHINGTON--Warburg Professor of Economics emeritus John Kenneth Galbraith was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony Wednesday, honoring his lifetime of service to Washington and academia...
...your item on who has the most honorary degrees [NOTEBOOK, May 22], you erroneously reported that "nobody beats Bill Cosby, who has (his spokesman thinks) more than 100." In fact, the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame, has received 144 honorary degrees for his more than 50 years of contributions and service to higher education, the Catholic Church and the nation. Father Hesburgh, now 83, served as Notre Dame's president from 1952 to 1987. DENNIS K. BROWN, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Public Relations and Information University of Notre Dame Notre Dame...
...member committee currently includes Phillip Griffiths, Director of the Institute for Advanced Study, Frank Rhodes, president emeritus of Cornell and Alison Richard, Yale's provost...