Word: ramsden
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...Spanish Canary Islands that killed 582, and the 1974 crash of a Turkish DC-10 near Paris that left 345 dead. More alarmingly, however, the sudden and inexplicable plunge of the Air India craft had the earmarks of terrorism. "It is most likely a bomb," said Mike Ramsden, editor in chief of the aviation magazine Flight International. "A bomb is the most likely reason for a catastrophe, so sudden and complete, to an aircraft with a very fine safety record." Added a high-ranking U.S. Air Force intelligence officer: "It looks like a terrorist act, but it is too early...
Swearer is both modest and cautious about Brown's success so far: "You have to give credit to a large number of people." But his chief financial aide, Senior Vice President Richard Ramsden, believes that management programs have helped steer Brown out of trouble. "We wanted Brown to be known as one of the best-managed institutions of higher education in the U.S." Broad faculty, and even student, support was enlisted for these programs. When Swearer in 1978 embarked upon a $158 million capital fund drive, instead of asking the faculty where it could cut back, he asked where...
...year. Brown's computerized meal-planning system predicts student choices and the number of desired portions and matches these with the best food prices. The savings: more than $100,000 in the past couple of years. Up-to-date information on alumni is also in computer files. Says Ramsden: "It is probably the most sophisticated alumni development records system in the U.S. today." It seems to be really cooking. To date, the capital-fund drive has already raised $134 million...
Richard J. Ramsden, vice-president in charge of administration and finance at Brown, said that "although student need is going through the roof," the aid cutbacks would not force students out of Brown. "It won't be pleasant for the students," he added...