Word: opel
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Stone walls do not a prison make," said the poet, "nor iron bars a cage." Tell that to petite Brunette Maria-Christina ("Putzi") von Opel, 28, playgirl heiress to a vast German auto fortune. Last week von Opel found herself behind walls and bars facing a ten-year prison term after a French court in Draguignan found her guilty of financing a 1977 scheme to import Middle East hashish into West Germany, and Italy via Saint-Tropez. Why should an heiress worth $70 million involve herself in a drug ring? Neither von Opel nor any of her seven co-defendants...
...Opel says she looks forward to working with alumni, and to the "challenge of developing new programs" in keeping with the Alumni Association's role as an "ongoing" organization...
...Opel's duties also include co-ordinating alumni travel programs, and working on Radcliffe's Centennial Celebration plans...
...Opel replaces Barbara Norton, who is now the new director of the Cronkite Center. Norton will work co-ordinating women's activities there as part of a plan to utilize the building as a women's center...
...Opel, who received the Radcliffe Management Training Program Certificate in 1951 and who has worked as an interviewer, personnel manager and teacher's aid, says she is happy with her new position...