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...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...
...Harvard, Nickerson joined the Hasty Pudding, the Owl Club, one of the less prestigious final clubs, and the Stylus Club ("a very select drinking club," he recalls...
Tall and thin, with bristly white hair, Nickerson is still quite vigorous at 63. He is a Republican who tends toward the liberal wing and speaks with an aristocratic New England accent. A needle-point wall-hanging of a bald eagle holding the stars and stripes decorates one wall of the small study in his modest, modern ranch house in suburban Lincoln...
...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...