Word: hughe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fate with equanimity. "It makes no difference to me whichever way it breaks," he told friends as Ford pondered his choice. "If the call comes, fine. I'll do my best. If it doesn't, so be it." When the call came, he became "very thoughtful," says Hugh Morrow. "I've got to tell Happy," Rocky said somberly as he wandered off to a pine grove where his wife was walking her dog. Exactly how she responded is not known, but probably with, at best, muted enthusiasm: Happy is a deeply private person who does not relish...
Facing Terror. Already Rockefeller's staff is taking shape, although no appointments have been officially announced. Hugh Morrow, for 15 years Rockefeller's speechwriter and press spokesman, will be the press secretary for the Vice President. James M. Cannon, a onetime political reporter who helped lobby revenue sharing through Congress, is expected to become Rockefeller's liaison with Congress. Joseph Persico, a former USIA staffer, will be the Veep's chief speechwriter, though he admits to experiencing "blank-page terror" when he starts composing a speech. "I now have trouble writing a business letter without making...
...specialist in foreign policy. Rockefeller first came to national prominence during the Roosevelt Administration as F.D.R.'s Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, and has since acquired considerable savvy in international investment and foreign aid. Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott, an old friend, suggested last week that Rockefeller might take over some of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's heavy travel duties. The Vice President could do so without ruffling Kissinger because the two are old and warm friends. Rockefeller could be particularly useful in negotiating with the Latin Americans and handling international trade and economic problems...
...obsolete by the time these things affect you personally. You may also be around to witness the effects of a joint Harvard-Radcliffe fund-drive to establish a $5 million endowment for Radcliffe financial aid. In the midst of it all, there are people like Harvard Corporation member Hugh Calkins '45 and former Radcliffe admissions officer Ann C. Calkins '49, co-heads of the drive, who believe that equal treatment for women should not be linked to the loaded questions arising from the merger issue...
...combination birthday (his 82nd) and farewell party given by former Texas Congressman Frank Ikard for the retiring dean of the U.S. Senate. Aiken admirers donned casual and Western clothes and gathered for an evening of corn on the cob and some country music. Among the guests: Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott (in a patchwork shirt), Federal Reserve Board Chairman Arthur Burns (yellow, blue and white sport jacket), Senators Abraham Ribicoff, J. William Fulbright and Herman Talmadge. In a pink pantsuit, former Presidential Secretary Rose Mary Woods forgot other matters and led a bipartisan hoedown...