Word: forded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...John Hall and Charles Ford, were new appointees with brand new Ph.D.'s and with serious plans for their own scholarly achievements. Both men were tall and thin, and both were blond. If a colleague in another department did not know them very well, he might even have mistaken one for the other. During a department meeting, Hall had got up and made a brief but rather passionate speech about Professor Greg, saying he was world-renowned, how proud he was to be teaching a course that Greg had once taught, and how indebted to him everyone in their profession...
When the motion was reintroduced, it passed unanimously.... Walking back to his office, Briggs felt mildly elated. Perhaps Hall and Ford had had a good idea after all. Certainly it did the department no harm for the administration and even the public to know they wished to honor one to whom honor...
...former Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs and two leading scholars from India and Japan will be here this year under a Ford Foundation program...
Under the Ford inter-university distinguished visiting scholar program, these men will be free to conduct their studies without any teaching or special research requirements. The three are among 40 scholars, scientists, and intellectual leaders from Asia and the Middle East to visit American universities over a five year period...
...going to spend a considerable amount of our Ford money on small dinners because we think this will help develop one of the purposes of the Houses--namely, more student--faculty contact," Taylor said, adding that "this type of thing will help to encourage such contact...