Word: reischauer
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...Edwin O. Reischauer, University Professor and coordinator of the Institute fund-raising drive, said yesterday that he was "delighted" with the gift. "Such a contribution is especially appreciated when one considers that the Japanese economy has been terribly shocked by the oil crisis," he added...
Institute planners hope eventually to raise $10 million for the project from Japanese sources, Reischauer said. The rest of the money will be sought from contributors within the U.S., he said...
Harvard plans to use proceeds from the endowed grant to develop the proposed $15 million Japan Institute. Edwin O. Reischauer, university professor and former U.S. ambassador to Japan, is heading the drive to fund the institute...
...American involvement with Japan increases, so does the necessity for a greater understanding of Japan, Reischauer said yesterday. "The time has come when we must achieve much understanding of east Asia as we have sought to bring to our relations with Europe...
Nobody has tapped this sensitivity to image more than Harvard's Reischauer. In Japan six weeks ago he accepted a check for $1,000,000 from Nissan Motor Co.; a similar sum was soon pledged by Toyota, Japan's other leading carmaker. But the former Ambassador to Japan (1961-66) will need all his diplomatic skill to achieve his ambitious goal: he is seeking funds to set up a $15 million Japan Institute at Harvard, and he hopes to get two-thirds of the money from Japan...