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...JOHN D. LAVIN...
...meantime, Lavin said he will keep in touch with foundations and foreign governments which might contribute the library it additional funds are needed. Sixty countries have expressed interest in the project and some have already made anonymous donations...
...bulk of the money has come from more than six million private donors, he said, Although no figures are available on the average size of the contributions, Lavin commented that "this is not one of those campaigns where 10 or 12 people give most of the money. We had support from millions of high school and college students...
Some $2.5 million came from foundations, with the Ford Foundation giving million towards the creation of the John F. Kennedy Institute of Politics, which will be part of the library complex but run by the Graduate School of Public Administration. The Kennedy family also made a "substantial" contribution, Lavin said...
...will probably take the MBTA two years, Lavin said, to find a new site for its repair yards and move its equipment. It is estimated that the library complex will not be completed until the end of the decade, though certain programs related to it are already operating. Many of President Kennedy's friends and associates are having their impression of the New Frontier tape-recorded as part of a project in oral history, and next year the Institute of Politics will begin bringing together scholars and men experienced in politics...