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...prosecutors say they have uncovered a pattern of misdeeds spurred by greed. "People got into the J.R. Ewing syndrome," says Henry Oncken, the U.S. Attorney in Houston. "The more they made, the more they got caught up in making more." Some S and Ls that believe they were plundered by their officers are taking them to court. Dallas-based Sunbelt Savings Association is suing former Chairman Edwin McBirney III and other ex-managers for $630 million. The suit alleges in part that McBirney paid "excessive commissions and fees" to friends and relatives. In one instance, McBirney is accused of allowing...
Died. Arthur Oncken Lovejoy, 89, professor of philosophy at Johns Hopkins University from 1910 to 1938, author of the 1936 classic on man's idea of his place in the universe, The Great Chain of Being; of a stroke; in Baltimore. Once asked if he believed in God, during a fitness exam for a Maryland state board of regents, Lovejoy spun out 33 definitions of God, then asked his examiner which meaning he had in mind; he was confirmed...
...visiting lecturers for this year include Murray Season good '00, former mayor of Cincinnati; Arthur Oncken Love joy, professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University; Robert Cedric Binkley, acting professor of History at Western Reserve University; Jose Frederico Normane, of the Harvard Bureau of Economic Research in South America; Serge Elisseeff, formerly professor in the Institute for the History of Foreign Affairs in Petrograd; and Henri Guy, rector of the University of Grenoble...
...Arthur Oncken Lovejoy, professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University has been appointed the second incumbent of the William James Lectureship for the first half of next year, J. H. Woods '87, chairman of the department of Philosophy announced yesterday. John Dewey, professor of Philosophy, emeritus, at Columbia University, was the first eminent philosopher to be selected an William James Lecturer when the position was announced last year...
James Walker Fellowship.Arthur Oncken Lovejoy, A. B. (Univ. of California) 1895, A. M. (Harvard Univ.) 1897; III. year Graduate School; Scholar of the Harvard Club of San Francisco 1985-96, University Scholar 1897-98. To study Philosophy. To have leave to study abroad...