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...11th attacks stand to collect hundreds of times what others will receive. Why is the life of a young bond trader worth $3.5 million while the life of a secretary is worth just $300,000? "I cannot make those distinctions and I will not make those distinctions," says Kenneth Feinberg, the man with the unenviable task of divvying up the Victim Compensation Fund. "Every life is valuable. I will not play Solomon." Luckily, he doesn't have to - there is nothing Solomonic about a decision to treat people fairly, regardless of their station in life...
...with his solo My Sweet Lord. DIED. JOHN KNOWLES, 75, author of the best-selling 1959 novel A Separate Peace about students at a New England boarding school during World War II; in Wilton Manors, Florida. The book was required reading in American high schools for decades. APPOINTED. KENNETH FEINBERG, 56, an attorney and former aide to Senator Edward Kennedy, as manager of the compensation fund for victims of the Sept. 11 attacks and their families; in Washington, D.C. Feinberg oversaw similar restitution for Agent Orange victims after the Vietnam War. APPOINTED. ROGER MILLA, 48, a Cameroon soccer legend...
Patrick C. Toomey ’03 has brought The Cay by Theodore Taylor to give to his tutee. Sara R. Feinberg ’02 holds a Newsweek she plans to read and discuss with hers...
...Feinberg, along with five other student coordinators, work year-round organizing the blood drives. Many other students, however, choose to volunteer for a few hours to help staff the effort...
Students who are interested in volunteering can e-mail Feinberg at sfeinber@fas.harvard.edu...