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...Harvard Corporation, James R. Houghton ’58, was a subplot to the unraveling of the Summers presidency. Knowles was a close friend of Houghton, whose family endowed his professorship in chemistry. After stepping down as dean in 2002, Knowles joined the board of his company, Corning Inc., a glass and fiber-optics maker in upstate New York, where he served until April...
...lowering or stabilizing premiums while introducing new benefits, such as a 24/7 nurse hotline and programs for pregnancy, oncology, and renal disease. Harvard decided to choose Harvard Pilgrim after soliciting proposals for consolidated coverage from its three current plans other than Harvard University Group Health Plan and from Aetna Inc, another health care benefits company. Aetna came out ahead in the comparison, conducted with the help of consulting firm Hewitt Associates, but the University chose Harvard Pilgrim because of its local roots, according to Socha. “Aetna is not a regional brand,” she said...
...Pamela Paul is the author of Parenting Inc.: How We are Sold on $800 Strollers, Fetal Education, Baby Sign Language, Sleeping Coaches, Toddler Couture, and Diaper Wipe Warmers - and What It Means for Our Children
...other scientists who were at the White House briefing, including Victor Weisskopf of M.I.T., Hans Bethe of Cornell and Simon Ramo of TRW Inc., are troubled by the plan. "I don't think it can be done," says Bethe, a Nobel laureate in physics. "What is worse, it will produce a star war if successful." Ramo, one of the developers of the ballistic missile, likes the idea in theory but says, "We don't know how to do it." He also worries about the awesome offensive power that would be inherent in what are conceived of as defensive weapons. Asks...
...journalist intent on capturing the suffering of the Vietnamese during the war, Magnum photographer Philip Jones Griffiths was at first a hard sell in the U.S. Thanks in part to a lucrative shot of Jackie Kennedy in Cambodia, he kept working. His now classic 1971 book, Vietnam Inc., with its unprecedented texture and detail, dramatically influenced Americans' perception of the war. Griffiths, who had been in poor health...