Word: harvey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...results were as homey and informal as any politician could hope for. A shirt manufacturer named Harvey Rothenberg asked: "From a social and an etiquette point of view, do you think you were correct in criticizing the Russians . . . at your recent talk at the Waldorf?" Said Dewey, "It wasn't etiquette, but it was awfully good for the Russians." What did he think of the Dodgers' chances in the National League Pennant race? "They look wonderful...
...replace the late Harvey D. Gibson as president of the Manufacturers Trust Co., directors chose big, white-thatched Henry C. von Elm, 62, longtime banker and chairman of Manufacturers since 1947. Von Elm, who has charmed even the most ornery stockholders by his suave conduct of the bank's annual meetings, was succeeded as chairman by Horace C. Flanigan, 59, who moved up from vice chairman...
Four Cambridge concerts, a tour of Southern Women's Colleges, and enthusiastic practice under a new conductor highlight the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra's plans for the coming year, according to Harvey J. Weiss '51, vice-President of Pierian Sodality, sponsors of the Orchestra...
...Died. Harvey Dow Gibson, 68, president of Manhattan's Manufacturers Trust Co., sixth largest U.S. bank (TIME, Sept. n), American Red Cross officer, chairman (1939-41) of the New York World's Fair, sportsman, joiner, booster (he spent more than $300,000 to make his home town of North Conway, N.H. a fancy ski resort); of a heart ailment; in Boston. Gibson started out as a floor-sweeper after his graduation from Bowdoin College, became a bank president at 35. He was general manager of the Red Cross in World War I, its commissioner to Great Britain, then...
...merger will move Manufacturers up from sixth to fifth biggest U.S. bank.† with more than 100 branches, and the largest neighborhood banking service in one city in the world. This new eminence will be no strain on Manufacturers' President Harvey Dow Gibson. In his nearly 20 years as president of Manufacturers Trust, the bank has already swallowed up six smaller banks, and with this merger has boosted its deposits from $219 million to $2.3 billion. Gibson, who works as hard as any of his banking colleagues, and at 68 plays harder than most of them, still finds time...