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...year ending July 31, 2004, the British university, John Harvard’s alma mater, derived only seven percent of its income from its approximately $4.8 billion endowment. Leading American universities typically rely on their endowments for 30 percent of their yearly income, according to a 2004 Cambridge annual report. Harvard’s $22.6 billion endowment generated 31 percent of its income during...
Donald S. Scherer, a friend from law school who has remained in touch with Roberts, told The Crimson earlier this month that Roberts still has a soft spot for his alma mater...
Ignatieff’s decision to take a position at his alma mater has also ignited speculation that he may be eyeing a run for the leadership of Canada’s Liberal Party. In Canadian elections, the leader of the party that wins a majority in the House of Commons becomes the country’s prime minister...
...People vs. Harvard Law, Andrew Peyton Thomas puts his alma mater on trial for sacrificing free speech on its campus in the name of political correctness. His readers shouldn’t be surprised if they come away from the book with a guilty verdict...
Other former colleagues spoke last week of a King rarely seen by the public. In a discussion at Atlanta's Morehouse College, King's alma mater, Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young recounted how his mentor used to joke with his lieutenants about the violence they faced on the road, launching into mock eulogies of his aides, embellishing his speeches with ridiculous details about "the deceased." Remembered the mayor: "He had us rolling on the floor. He made us laugh so much at the possibility of dying that we weren't afraid...