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Back in his office on the top floor of Widener, Eliot Professor of Greek Literature Emeritus John H. Finley '25 has also continued to work regularly since his retirement in 1975. Amidst his cluttered desk and a collection of yellowing photographs, Finley, 83, either reads, or writes on his manual Royal typewriter, which he purchased years ago during his tenure as Eliot House Master...
...Finley published Homer's Odyssey, which won the Goodwin Prize of the American Philological Association. He has also written a family history about his parents and his years growing up in New Hampshire and Cambridge...
...When Finley is not researching, he takes time out to write recommendations for past students and to give guest lectures at Stanford and Oberlin. The former Classics professor has also delivered many Commencement speeches, including addresses at Harvard, Wellesley and Smith...
Since his wife's death two years ago, Finley says that "study has meant everything to me." Finley says he never looked elsewhere for post-retirement employment...
Lawyer Daniel Bergstein, a senior partner in the New York firm of Finley Kumble Wagner, which has many Wall Street clients, notes that raiders and arbitragers can form what he calls an "unholy alliance." In a typical maneuver, they might have a mutual commitment to buy up stock in a company, limiting their blocks to less than 5% to avoid the SEC's required disclosure rule. Then one member of the ring can leak the rumor of an impending takeover. When legitimate arbitragers leap into the fray, the group can unload at an inflated stock price and make off with...