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Kantor, 53, was born in Nashville, Tennessee, where his family ran a furniture store near one of the sites of the Grand Ole Opry. He became a star shortstop on the baseball squad at Vanderbilt, and served four years in the Navy before studying law at Georgetown. While at the Los Angeles law firm of Manatt, Phelps, he helped elect politicians in the city and state and then represented clients -- including Occidental Petroleum and Lockheed -- in their dealings with government. He has usually supported liberal Democrats with strong ties to corporate interests: Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, former Vice President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trade Warrior | 3/15/1993 | See Source »

...housekeeper or the kid who mowed the lawn. In West Palm Beach, Florida, a perplexed person walked into an IRS office and asked for the "Zoe Baird Package" of forms. "That's all people are talking about," says Nancy Ransom, director of the Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center at Vanderbilt University. "This is not just a problem for the poor, the rich or the middle class. This is a problem for everyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nanny Outing | 2/22/1993 | See Source »

Owens refused to identify which schools are currently being investigated. But according to a recent report in the Chronicle of Higher Education, the investigation includes Princeton, Stanford, St. John's, Vanderbilt and Michigan State Universities as well as the University of Michigan and the University of Nebraska...

Author: By Stephen E. Frank, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: IRS Begins Careful Audits of Universities | 12/3/1992 | See Source »

Early in "The Last of the Mohicans," we see pioneer Natty Bumppo sprinting through the woods of upstate New York, flintlock rifle in hand. The light is dappled, the deer are leaping, and the whole scene is actually being shot on the parklands of a Vanderbilt mansion in the heart of North Carolina. Poor Nathaniel doesn't have any real woods to roam anymore. Instead, he and his Mohican companions are trapped in a contrived, expensive prison: a brainless, phony, bombastic sell-out that reeks of everything evil in Hollywood. It is a depressing piece of work...

Author: By Thomas J. Scocca, | Title: EVIL IN HOLLYWOOD | 10/1/1992 | See Source »

...year scholarship RUTGERS better aid package BROWN (2) medical program; better aid package TEXAS A&M better aid package UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA free ride COLUMBIA better aid package FLORIDA A&M historically Black college UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND better aid package PRINCETON (2) better aid package; reason not specified VANDERBILT better aid package WELLESLEY location WILLIAMS no reason specified

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Setback for Diversity? | 9/18/1992 | See Source »

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