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...plain reluctance. While most groups are open to anyone on campus, sometimes they can become overly self-selective. The sad result can be a set of firm boundaries with little interaction between people that might have interests in common. Meanwhile, final clubs and art groups tend to restrict their membership along lines that often seem arbitrary, turning community- and art-making into a competitive social sport. But campus groups and Harvard itself need not give up their high standards to give up elitism or unnecessary selectivity. All we need to do is consider how high our standards can go without...
Five years ago, Malkin co-founded the Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy—whose membership consists of about 150 CEOs of top companies internationally—with John C. Whitehead and actor Paul Newman. According to the committee’s website, the members’ companies have accounted for about 45 percent of reported corporate giving...
...years later, the self-described “terrible student” has been nominated for an honorary membership in Phi Beta Kappa to commend his impressive career as a journalist, including his coverage of the early years of the Vietnam War for the New York Times and his 19 subsequent books...
...museums, has changed over the years, as he found his niche in fundraising for cultural institutions in New York City. Most prominently, he served as the director of development for the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in the 1970s and 1980s, raising over $50 million in donations and increasing membership to more than 50,000, without dropping any of the artwork in the process...
...Limpert’s contribution to the museum has continued to stand out. Membership at MoMA shot past 50,000 during his tenure, annual giving rates more than tripled, and the museum raised more than $50 million for its 50th anniversary capital campaign...