Word: stoning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Members of the search committee--which included President Bok and Corporation members Andrew P. Heiskell '28, Colman M. Mockler Jr. '52 and Robert G. Stone Jr. '45--reported as late as mid-May that a decision had still not been made...
...Robert G. Stone Jr. '45, Corporation cohort Calkins says. "He's the world's finest fundraiser. When you talk about the sheik of somewhere who might have an interest [in giving money to Harvard], his eyes light up and he's off to the airport." Calkins also credits him with being able to tell people point-blank that they aren't offering enough money...
...Stone himself if is more humble about his bigtime panhandling skills, which he has honed since being chosen as a co Class Agent for the Harvard College Fund in 1953, and which he now exercises as one of the Harvard Campaign's three national co-chairmen. "I guess I was just the sucker who got tapped," Stone says. "I'm the only one with a really strong business background, and that's why I'm interested in the money matters like the Campaign and the endowment...
Originally from Brookline, Stone came to Harvard, Kirkland House and the Owl Club via Milton Academy, and since graduating with a degree in economics, has gone on to make money in a variety of ways. He is president of West India Shipping Co., a New York-based firm, and has headed States Marine Lines, which owns and operates a fleet of cargo ships. He also serves on the boards of Corning Glass Works, Chase International Investment and several other companies...
Apart from his corporate commitments, Stone says his big hobbies have been fundraising for Harvard and working with the New York Harvard Club. He says fundraising is essential for preserving the basic goals of the institution teaching and research. "You have to get at those basic issues," Stone says, "and that takes money."CrimsonPeter H. Schwartz17 Quincy St., the Corporation's headquarters...