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...their part, Harvard lawyers say the agreement was not that specific--that while Stillman did intend his money to see to Black Rock's upkeep, what he really wanted to support was Harvard forestry generally. In this context, they explain, the plan to shift the $2.4 million to the Petersham account is entirely ethical. Harvard's attorneys also consider the trust, which was established in 1940, and the forest, which was transferred to Harvard in June, 1950, six months after Stillman dies, technically separate gifts, and say the University has no responsibility to keep the money and the forest together...
...Stillman had in mind when he established the roughly $1.2 million trust in 1940. John S. Stillman '40, his son and the executor of his estate, contends that his father and Harvard agreed that the trust would finance Black Rock, with any surplus going to the Harvard Forest in Petersham, Mass. The younger Stillman concedes that there are no written, legal contracts to this effect, but claims his father had extensive correspondence and numerous oral agreements with Harvard President James B. Conant '14 and Treasurer Paul Cabot '21 where that was made clear. However, because Harvard rules require that Corporation...
...work is peppered with references to laudelets, phaetons, barques of frailty, diamonds of the first water, and vouchers to Almack's. A careful reader is also likely to be familiar with the origin of Lady Sally Jersey's nickname, the Prince Regent's confused marital status, and Lord Petersham's penchant for mixing snuff. Heyer's research into the lifestyle of the peerage may not have produced great sociological tracts, but she certainly knew what the requisite costume for a nuncheon party was, and why Beau Brummel was good ton and Letty Lade...
...University refused to accept Black Rock without a maintenance endowment, he provided one--the Black Rock Forest Trust Fund, which now totals approximately $1.8 million. Interest from the fund was intended to finance maintenance and research at Black Rock, with the remainder contributed to Harvard's other forest, at Petersham. But today, about 75 per cent of the interest goes to Petersham, leaving a bare-bones budget at Black Rock...
...directed research at two outdoor laboratories: the Harvard Forest in Petersham, Mass. and Black Rock Forest in New York State...