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...sexism. "There is no money in women's issues," says Schroeder. "There isn't one PAC organized around the Women's Health Equity Act." Raising money, since women have less experience at it, is also harder. Says former Republican National Committee co-chairwoman Maureen Reagan, an indefatigable fund raiser: "Women still feel they ought to say thank you for their paychecks, so it's hard to get them in the habit of making campaign contributions and doing it for more than spare change." Nonetheless, fund-raising operations -- notably EMILY's List (Early Money Is Like Yeast), the Hollywood Women...
...past decade the New York City-based virologist has concentrated on fighting AIDS. Although her involvement began in the lab, - where she studied the effectiveness of the protein interferon in treating an AIDS-related cancer, these days Krim, 64, works mostly in the public arena as a fund raiser and lobbyist. Her mission: to replace ignorance with knowledge and compassion. As the wife of movie mogul Arthur Krim, she has also enlisted the likes of Elizabeth Taylor and Barbra Streisand. "I use my contacts because it's my duty," says Krim, who so far has raised $40 million for research...
...glad that many students support CityStep," said Cobb, calling the ball "really the biggest fund-raiser for CityStep...
...even more active in fund raising. Besides organizing the Denver luncheon for President Reagan, he directed a steady stream of dollars to state and national politicians, including Colorado Governor Roy Romer, a Democrat. Lawyer Brownstein, nicknamed Mr. Fixit, was a top Democratic rainmaker who arranged a Denver fund raiser in 1987 for Michigan Senator Don Riegle; Riegle is one of the Senators called the Keating Five for having received sizable contributions from the scandal-tarred head of Lincoln Savings. Of $37,000 raised for Riegle, $10,000 came from 16 people connected to Silverado and M.D.C...
Clark, who last year established himself as a highly succesful fund raiser, seemed hopeful about the Law School's six-year fund drive. He said that following the meeting, with the group of about 40 students, he planned to catch a plane to talk to an alumnus about the "possibility of a major gift...