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...member of a family of major Harvard donors, whose private plane had gone missing off the coast of Nantucket the previous afternoon.A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School (HBS) who was actively involved as an alumnus at both institutions, Baker, 66, was the great-grandson of George F. Baker, a former president of the First National Bank of New York whose $5 million donation in 1924 was crucial to the construction of the HBS campus.News of Baker’s disappearance came as a shock to members of the HBS community. Baker had been a friend...
...York philanthropist George F. Baker III ’61 went missing when the plane he was piloting off the coast of Nantucket disappeared from the radar yesterday afternoon, The Associated Press reported late last night. Reportedly a major donor to Harvard Business School (HBS), Baker, 66, is the great-grandson of George F. Baker, whose donations were crucial to the construction of the HBS campus...
...only thing more stunning than the spectacle of a quivering, hangdog Ohio Governor pleading no contest in August to criminal charges is the fact that he is still in office. Bob Taft, the Republican great-grandson of a U.S. President and son of a Senator, could have received a two-year jail term for failing to report, as state law requires, 47 golf outings paid for by others, but a municipal-court judge let him walk after slapping him with a $4,000 fine. Taft has since ignored thunderous demands for his resignation, even from many onetime allies...
Bulgari, one of the world's leading luxury marketers, has been known for its fine jewelry since its founding in 1884. But under the leadership of its CEO, Francesco Trapani, 48, the great-grandson of founder Sotirio Bulgari, the brand has blossomed into a $1 billion luxury powerhouse that also sells watches, ties, handbags and fragrances. Add one more item to Trapani's portfolio, and it isn't something you (or even a Hollywood starlet) could wear around your neck: a five-star hotel. TIME's Dody Tsiantar recently spoke with the Bulgari chief about the company's newest...
DIED. JOHNNIE COCHRAN, 67, savvy, media-friendly attorney renowned for his resplendent dress and seemingly effortless charm with juries; of an inoperable brain tumor diagnosed in 2003; at his home in Los Angeles. Born in Shreveport, La., a great-grandson of slaves, Cochran won recognition after suing police departments for abuse in the 1960s and proudly displayed copies of his plaintiffs' multimillion-dollar checks in his office. His fame crested in 1995 after his successful defense of O.J. Simpson, against seemingly overwhelming evidence, of charges that he murdered his ex-wife and her friend. Cochran's signature line, a reference...