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...letter to M.I.T. president James R. Killian, Jr., Rockefeller said he was donating the money "without any restrictions ... to aid in buttressing M.I.T.'s financial independence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: $1,000,000 Given to M.I.T. Fund by John D. Rockefeller | 4/24/1950 | See Source »

Ralph Lowell '12, has been elected a member of the MIT Corporation, President James R. Killian, Jr., of MIT announced last week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lowell Gets MIT Post | 10/24/1949 | See Source »

...afternoon the visitors will be guests of honor at a reception and tea at the home of Dr. James R. Killian, Jr., president of M.I.T, where they will meet Hindu students of Greater Boston...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nehru to Dine With Conants At Noon Here | 10/21/1949 | See Source »

...Into Killian's department store in Cedar Rapids, Iowa last week bustled thousands of women to get something for nothing. The "something" was a small orchid. In three days, Killian's gave away 10,000, and pushed sales 53% above normal volume...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Blossom Boom | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

...Killian's was not the only store to discover that free flowers attract bargain-hunting females. In Manhattan, James McCreery & Co.'s department store holds an orchid day once a month, hands out 100,000 free blossoms a year. When Chicago's Spiegel, Inc. opens a new retail store in its widespread chain, it pins orchids on its women customers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Blossom Boom | 10/17/1949 | See Source »

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