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Academia is not foreign ground for Daniel, however. He is the former president of the board of trustees at Wesleyan University, his alma mater...
American history teems with examples of the eye-gouging, ear-biting style, and on the whole, one prefers that to, say, Thomas E. Dewey in 1948, twitching his little moustache, writing letters home to his mother with the news of the day ("Dear Mater," he would begin), and saying things like, "The future lies before...
Today I rejoice in my graduation from Harvard College. And, I pay my respects to my alma mater, The Harvard Crimson. Keep the old sheet flying...
...Rudenstine struck a more serious tone, noting that in addition to the monetary benefits, the campaign helped tie Harvard's alumni to their alma mater...
...Another 15 years would pass before Lowell could initiate his grandest housing scheme ever. In the late 1920s, oil magnate and Yale alum Edward S. Harkness became frustrated with the endless deliberations of his alma mater over what to do with his money. He turned to Harvard. In a few quick conversations with Lowell, Harkness became convinced that he had found a man of action and a man of vision. In 1929, he agreed to donate what became a $13 million gift to Harvard, funding a system of 300-person residences that would house Harvard's upperclass students. Four...