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...become a full-time union organizer. On his rounds, he met a Queens teacher named Edith Gerber, whom he made a strike captain and later married ("I organized her," he says). They have three children, aged 10 to 13, and live in a split-level house in suburban Putnam County...
...George Putnam Jr. '49, Harvard treasurer and a member of the Corporation subcommittee, said Sunday that the list of candidates for Nickerson's position was narrowed to five to seven names during the summer...
...Putnam said the names on the list will be officially brought before the Executive Committee of the Board of Overseers for discussion at the October 15 meeting...
...final nomination for the new fellow should be made at the November meeting of the Overseers, Putnam said...
Shareholder activists have for years tried to make the argument that shareholders should vote for issues seeking to improve corporate social behavior because ultimately these issues translate into financial ones. This is an argument that has been cited by many of Harvard's own financial people--including Putnam and Walter M. Cabot '54, president of the management company. It is also an argument that does not stand up in all cases. At best, it is difficult to draw a direct financial connection for all social issues...