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...DIED. LLOYD RICHARDS, 87, pioneer of African-American theater and Broadway's first black director; of heart failure; in Manhattan. The son of a Jamaican carpenter, he studied theater in college, was named artistic director of the National Playwrights Conference in 1968, and in 1979 was appointed dean of the Yale School of Drama. Richards was an unknown director in 1959 when he staged the first Broadway production of Lorraine Hansberry's groundbreaking play A Raisin in the Sun. An inspiring drama teacher and cultivator of young talent, he championed such young playwrights as Wendy Wasserstein, David Henry Hwang...
...executive committee and a member of the Corporation. And in Summers’ final Commencement address, the president described the life of a Bronx mailman’s son who had risen to lead a top American financial firm, an apparent reference to newly appointed Goldman chief executive Lloyd C. Blankfein...
...split that had divided Laredo between Bonilla's West Texas district and that of Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar. The addition of Democratic-leaning Latino voters to Bonilla's district could make him vulnerable in the next election. The opinion also suggested possible changes for the district represented by Democrat Lloyd Doggett, whose "fajita" district stretches from Austin to the Mexican border. In a redraw that would presumably reduce the number of Hispanic voters in his district, the good news for Doggett is that he may not face a perennial Hispanic challenger in the primary; the bad news is he could...
...before Paulson was chosen as the next man to sign his name on the dollar bill. Paulson joined the Chicago office of Goldman Sachs in 1974. The investment banker rose through the ranks of the famous firm to become its top officer in 1999. Paulson will be succeeded by Lloyd C. Blankfein ’75, a former Winthrop House resident who is currently the second-in-command at Goldman Sachs. If Paulson is confirmed by the Senate, his departure from Wall Street and move to Washington, D.C. will be a return rather than an introduction. Immediately out of Business...
...DIED. Lloyd Bentsen, 85, courtly, influential former Senator from Texas and Democratic candidate for Vice President in 1988; in Houston. As the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee from 1987-92 and Bill Clinton's first Treasury Secretary, the pro-choice, pro-business Democrat was widely admired as a bipartisan coalition builder. Yet Bentsen will be forever remembered for a singularly potent moment during a 1988 debate. The vice presidential candidate on Michael Dukakis' ticket, he bridled at Dan Quayle, then 41 and a Senator from Indiana, who was defending his youth and experience by comparing himself to John...