Word: saylor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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First results were positive. Graphically, the magazine shed its basement-mimeograph image. According to Mark J. Saylor '76, who succeeded Mendelson as editor, "Rick had an abiding faith in professionals--that first issue was designed by a student at the Design School (Scott Reid and Associates)--and the cover was drawn by a professional artist in Los Angeles who still does our cover." There were three times as many photographs and illustrations as in the previous issue, and a sharp new logo took its place on a stiff-paper color-coded cover...
...people on the Harvard Political Review's large donor list, only 24 expressed any further interest after receiving the packet. Of these, three eventually contributed to the Review, for a total of $52,000. As Saylor later wrote in his report on this failure, "Our rate of return was only 5 per cent on a list that cannot possibly be matched for selectivity," and those returns "appear likely to be one-time contributions rather than a continuing commitment...
...Mark Saylor '76 and other editors of the review would not comment this week on Kennedy's aid. "The senator was miffed when he heard that his contribution was publicized in The Crimson," one of the students close to the fund-raising drive said...
According to editor Mark J. Saylor '76, Kennedy promised a "large" cash donation, help with fundraising letters and contracts, and moral support as a member of the review's oversight committee...
Kennedy is only the first respondant from a 60-name donor list assembled this fall by the the editors--a list Saylor says includes "the McNamaras, the Richardsons, Jackie Onassis, you know, people like that...