Word: macnaughton
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Portland's Ernest Boyd MacNaughton was a man of many affairs: president of the daily Oregonian, chairman of the board of Portland's First National Bank, lay moderator of the American Unitarian Association. When he took over the presidency of Reed College in 1948, he firmly announced that he would serve only pro tempore. "I am a businessman," said he. "Any time you find an academic man qualified, I'll step aside." Last week, at a sprightly 71, "Mr. Mac" did step aside. The academic man who takes his place: Duncan Smith Ballantine, 40, associate professor...
...with handlebar mustaches to tell them that the penalties for their decision might include having to pay their own way home, to pay for the transport of a new crew from Britain to Japan and to pay the cost of delaying the ship at Yokohama. Said Electrician D. G. MacNaughton: "We'd sooner take the penalties than help the Reds...
...every weekday morning, a 70-year-old gentleman whom all Portland, Ore. knows as Mr. Mac marches into the First National Bank, seats himself at the desk tagged Chairman of the Board and settles to work. At 10:30, Chairman Ernest Boyd MacNaughton marches out again and takes over his second desk as president of the Portland Oregonian (circ. 224,314). Finally, after a quick lunch at "a grab and grunt stand," Mr. Mac heads for his third and favorite job-president of Reed College (enrollment...
...first glance, Mr. Mac is no man to be a college president, and Reed is the last place that should have him. The MacNaughton administration is the marriage of a blustery, conservative Scot ("I'm a Republican with a move on") and a stiffly intellectual campus with a reputation for lively, even leftish,* political liberalism...
...first time in years, MacNaughton got Reed in the black. Last week, figuring on an enrollment drop of about 30%, he was out to raise an extra $85,000. For Portland's biggest citizen-the most effective champion Reed has ever had-the campaign will be a pleasure. "The liberal ideals of Reed are worth fighting for at any time," says Mr. Mac, "and by God, I'm a fighter...