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...also the beginning of a new phase in Ho's career. Philanthropist Irene Diamond had decided to found an AIDS research center in New York City and had chosen Ho as its director. He was 37 years old. "I took a bit of flak because everybody said, 'He's so young, he's unknown.'" she recalls. "I said, 'I don't want a star, I want a wonderful scientist.'" For his part, Ho considered the benefits of having more lab space and secure financial backing. "It was still a risky venture," he remembers. "Marty Hirsch said, 'You're crazy. This...
...investment banker and a philanthropist, Loeb founded Carl M. Loeb and Company with his father. He was senior partner of the company, which was renamed Loeb, Rhoades and Company, from...
...January, Joan Irvine Smith, a California philanthropist and horsewoman who was impressed by Reeve's energy and by the fact that he never blamed his horse for the injury, donated $1 million for the establishment of the Reeve-Irvine Center for spinal-cord research at the University of California at Irvine; the state will match her million. She also established $50,000 prize for the neuroscientist who made the greatest progress in a given year. In February, Reeve did the Larry King Live show, making an explicit appeal for donations for the American Paralysis Association--another considerable success. The following...
Degrees will also be bestowed upon philanthropist and diplomat Walter H. Annenberg, presidential policy advisor William T. Coleman Jr., social and feminist historian Natalie Zemon Davis, French historian Francois Furet, dancer Judith A. Jamison, philanthropist Oseola McCarty, physicist Charles P. Slichter '45 and National Institutes of Health director Harold E. Varmus...
Given the chicanery of many campaign contributors, a scheme like Foley's is tempting. However, the costs imposed by this regime are high as well. Could the government fairly ensure that no private money is spent? And what if some philanthropist made a good faith effort to inform individuals about the candidates--should her efforts be circumscribed...