Word: ideas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Peter Friedland '98 said, "Not only did nobody tell me that cap and gown fittings were required, but it wasn't until now that I had the faintest idea...
...eventually I decided that this wasn't the best idea. As I read more, I decided I wasn't content to be proved a crook and dragged away by the law, or to flee the scene of the crime, or to die seductively. Even worse was the possibility of fading gently into the back-ground, leaving the hero to morosely slug down several fifths of whiskey and move on to his next case. I didn't want to be a prop anymore. (By this point I also had learned about the other half of a prostitute's job. Suddenly those...
Andy K. Tiedemann, director of communications in Harvard's development office, says the University usually receives large gifts after extended consultation between the donor and Harvard officials--consultation that usually prevents the donor from sticking to an impractical idea...
...general expectation is that donors will come to us with an original idea, and if the idea doesn't match the goals of the University, most donors will modify their original plan," Tiedemann says...
Officials say that on rare occasions, donors will not budge from a gift idea that Harvard simply cannot use. In such cases, the University must turn the gift down...