Word: presidental
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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President Neil L. Rudenstine, Provost Harvey V. Fineberg '67 and Campaign Chair Robert G. Stone Jr. '45 form an indefatigable combination that charms Harvard's biggest gifts out of its most generous donors.
Harvard's Associate Vice President for Capital Giving William H. Boardman Jr. says fundraisers--whether volunteer or UDO--never force their donors to give. Instead they present Harvard and its initiatives to alumni and friends, hoping they will be inspired to give.
The unconditional support of the president is crucial to the success of the campaign, Fineberg adds.
Durst, 55, the third-generation president of the family-run Durst Organization, prefers to be called environmentally responsible. "I don't like the term green," he says. "Any building, after all, is environmentally disruptive." His latest disruption is a 48-story glass-and-concrete tower that looms over Times Square...
Then, Monday morning, a surprising blow came at the hands of a New York Republican power broker. Staten Island borough president Guy Molinari, who months earlier had thrown his weight behind the Texas governor, announced he would head up the New York campaign of Bush's chief GOP opponent, Arizona...