Word: nickerson
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sources also said that Albert H. Nickerson '33, a member of the Corporation, and noted playwright Lillian Hellman are both "very strong candidates" for the coveted awards...
Chase and Peterson will also become directors of Harvard Management along with Cabot, Treasurer George Putnam '49, President Bok, Financial Vice President Hale Champion, and two other members of the Corporation, Albert L. Nickerson '33 and Francis H. Burr...
...Although Nickerson remembers some disagreements in his nine years on the Corporation ("We are all distinct individuals," he explains, "with strong characters, strong wills and strong opinions"), he believes the group operates on a basic principle of gentlemanly discussion and consensus...
...Nickerson is naturally sensitive on one issue in particular--the oil shortage. He says that it is "enormously complex," the result of "a whole body of circumstance," and has been subject to "a lot of misunderstanding." Most of this misunderstanding, he finds, has concerned the role of the oil companies...
...Nickerson's great concern these days seems to be Harvard, not oil. He says he likes being away from the pressures of business, spends his time reading, caring for his house, sculling at the Cambridge Boat Club, and cultivating a garden. "I don't like to loaf much," he says...