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...swayed by his other affiliations. “I’m sure that whoever becomes the next director will put the interest of the city and the neighborhood first, regardless of where that person previously might have worked,” said Harvard-Allston Task Force member Harry Mattison. “I think Harvard development in Allston is too important to the city and too important to this neighborhood...for anyone to let personal relationships get in the way of doing what is in the best interest of the city.” —Staff writer...
...that Harvard was indeed the best buyer,” Larsen said. Although the company is unsure of Harvard’s plans for the building, Larsen labeled the purchase a “smart transaction.” Others, however, are unsure. Allston Community Task Force member Harry Mattison said he’s worried the building may continue to sit empty. “We’d like to see it used for anything, almost any sort of use is better than vacant building after vacant building,” he said. According to Boston Redevelopment Authority...
...continued to be difficult for musicians—and artists in general, for that matter—to declare a creative calling: forget about the money, what about the social implications? Yet, for some, music becomes a career almost unintentionally. One such individual is singer Mike A. Mattison ’91, lead vocalist both for the Derek Trucks Band—a group known for its instrumental inventiveness and diverse tonal array—and for his own blues and soul project. The latter, called Scrapomatic, derives from Mattison’s interest in “roots music...
...after book about epic wars and battle strategies. His interest was more than academic. Wershow's prep school had no ROTC program, so he participated in one through a local public school. In 1999, after graduating from high school, he joined the Army. He told his mother Anne Marie Mattison, left, and his father Jon Wershow, a former county commissioner, that he would serve a tour as an enlisted man, then go to college and officer-candidate school. Jeffrey believed the experience would later earn him more respect from the troops. After a three-year stint at Fort Bragg...
Hager was chosen for the post by FDA senior associate commissioner Linda Arey Skladany, a former drug-industry lobbyist with longstanding ties to the Bush family. Skladany rejected at least two nominees proposed by FDA staff members: Donald R. Mattison, former dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, and Michael F. Greene, director of maternal-fetal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. Despite pressure from inside the FDA to make the appointment temporary, sources say, Skladany has insisted that Hager get a full four-year term. FDA spokesman Bill Pierce called Hager "well qualified...