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...year-old Brown was appointed director of the Gallery, the first American museum director to ever hold a business degree.As director, Brown expanded the federal spending on the Gallery from $3.2 million to $52 million and the endowment from $34 million to $186 million. Brown also oversaw the construction of the Gallery’s East Building in 1978. Designed by I.M. Pei, the wing’s construction initially met opposition but is now one of Washington’s most popular cultural attractions.Brown also changed the character of the Gallery. He introduced “blockbuster exhibitions?...
...with partner Ernest Martin, of Broadway musicals that defined the genre, including Guys and Dolls and the Tony Award-winning How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying; in New York City. Known during the musical's golden age as the creative half of "The King and Cy," Feuer oversaw every detail of his shows, sometimes taking the director's seat. Famously tough?he feuded with George S. Kaufman, Bob Fosse and Frank Loesser?he discovered Julie Andrews, whose career he launched with 1954's The Boy Friend, and helped turn I Love Paris and C'est Magnifique?from Cole...
...producer, with partner Ernest Martin, of Broadway musicals that defined the genre, including Guys and Dolls and the Tony-winning How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying; in New York City. Known during the musical's golden age as the creative half of "the King and Cy," Feuer oversaw every detail of his shows, sometimes taking the director's seat. Famously tough--he feuded with George S. Kaufman, Bob Fosse and Frank Loesser--he discovered Julie Andrews, whose career he launched with 1954's The Boy Friend, and helped turn I Love Paris and C'est Magnifique--from Cole...
...Stengel, 51, began his TIME career in 1981 as a writer, and among many other assignments, he covered the 1988 and 1996 presidential campaigns. As a senior editor for the magazine, he oversaw the Nation and Arts sections and was editor of Time.com, the magazine's website. He left TIME in 2004 to head up the National Constitution Center, a museum, education center and think tank on Independence Mall in Philadelphia dedicated to teaching the importance of the Constitution and civic engagement...
...need to survive in the real world, such as how to fill out tax forms, compare interest rates or calculate the return on an investment. "More schools need to offer money-management classes," says Lewis Mandell, a finance professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo who oversaw the JumpStart research. "The curriculum has to be made relevant to their lives...