Word: houghton
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...During the time I worked with Mandela, he often called meetings of his kitchen cabinet at his home in Houghton, a lovely old suburb of Johannesburg. He would gather half a dozen men, Ramaphosa, Thabo Mbeki (who is now the South African President) and others around the dining-room table or sometimes in a circle in his driveway. Some of his colleagues would shout at him - to move faster, to be more radical - and Mandela would simply listen. When he finally did speak at those meetings, he slowly and methodically summarized everyone's points of view and then unfurled...
...longest serving member on the Corporation after Senior Fellow James R. Houghton ’58, Rubin is next in line for the board’s leadership role, which falls to the fellow who has been on the board the longest...
...Today, with the governance of the University more stable, Houghton said that he does not have any specific day-to-day responsibilities but that the job remains demanding. In the past year, he has assisted Faust in her transition into Mass. Hall and has played a prominent role in the selection of other key administrators...
...facilitate easy access to Harvard, Houghton purchased an apartment in Boston, making the area a second home...
...Houghton said his continued involvement with Harvard all comes back to his love for the College...