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...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...
...Boss Wasn't Interested. Sam Newhouse plans to make few changes in the paper. Ernest Boyd MacNaughton, liberal president of Portland's Reed College (TIME, May 3, 1948) as well as chairman of the board of Portland's First National Bank, will stay on as president. The editorial staff will be virtually unchanged. As is his custom, Democrat Newhouse will keep his distance from most editorial decisions (most of his papers are independent Republican), but will keep close tabs on everything else as he does on his other papers...
Over 20 members present elected Chester J. Salkind '53, president; Stan Tobin '53, vice-president; Thomas F. Powers '53, secretary; and John J. Macnaughton '53, treasurer...