Word: mannes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Attorney General's office, which has received testimony from people on all sides of the issue and has claimed to honor the terms of the original charitable trust, late last summer proposed that Harvard leave a total of $900,000 with the forest, according to Pamela Mann, an assistant attorney general in charge of charitable trusts...
...since the summer, Mann said, "We think we are getting closer to a compromise position. The donor had clearly wanted there to be a stream of income for the forest, and we had to weigh that against Harvard taking the endowment. There is a cut-off point, but I don't know what it is. That's why we're trying to compromise. The parties disagree, but we are making some progress...
Vice President and General Counsel Daniel Steiner '54, Harvard's point man on Black Rock, said this week that he is still waiting for a new offer from Mann. In the past, he has said Harvard "is not inclined" to leave more than the $400,000 sale money with the forest, but he said he would consider any future offers...
Joel Graber, an assistant attorney general who handled the Black Rock case before Mann, said he has found no conclusive evidence to back either the claims of either of the brothers. As a result, Graber said, the office is now just trying to reach a reasonable settlement based on inconclusive evidence about what Ernest Stillman really wanted. Graber also said the office is soliciting advice from New York residents about what it would take to maintain the forest...
...Although Mann is optimistic that some compromise can be reached, the larger issue of Harvard's responsibility to its donors has caused strains with some alumni and prominent groups in New York...