Word: horner
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...Agreement put an end to any idea of a corporate merger between Harvard and Radcliffe, and the Trustees are determined to maintain their independence. The only real links between the two institutions are at the very highest levels. "It's strictly a corporate relationship--President Bok to President Horner," Wolfman says...
Restic doesn't concede anything, however. He has St. John, now the Ivy League's leading passer, growing more experienced each week. And on the receiving end will be Rich Horner, the split end who has more than twice as many catches and twice as many yards as any other Ivy target...
...Radcliffe Yard, President Horner takes a somewhat different view of the situation. Horner says it is very hard to compare Harvard and Radcliffe when it comes to federal influence. Horner believes that Radcliffe, because it has a comprehensive knowledge of women's issues, works from a base that is "more than just self-interest." While both institutions have a certain stature, says Horner, Harvard is a major research institution, a "very different ballgame" from Radcliffe, which "commands enormous respect for the quality of its students and the courage it has had." The contrast, as one Capitol Hill staffer says...
...staff people who, like the people in Grays Hall, do nothing but lobby for Harvard. When Radcliffe has a point to make, officials have one of two options. As spokesmen for many of the Seven Sisters say, the best bet is to put the college president on the phone. Horner says that, given a specific issue, she doesn't hesitate to pick up the phone and call Patricia R. Harris, Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW). Contacting the political people is a particularly effective lobbying method for small colleges. Helen Karnovsky, special assistant to Harris...
...Wolfman, administrative dean of Radcliffe who handles some of the college's federal contacts, says that Radcliffe, like many small colleges, goes through consortia such as the American Council on Education. Radcliffe also lets the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities do some of its work, and Horner, at one time or another, has sat on the boards of similar groups...