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...private room at the Century Association, an elite club in Manhattan, to meet their new boss. They were all senior staff members of the New York Public Library and, not knowing who the new president might be, they were all edgy. For one thing, who could possibly replace Vartan Gregorian, the charismatic fund raiser who had led them out of fiscal ruin? And, of more immediate concern, should they have a drink while waiting? Perhaps not. After all, a leading contender was known to be Timothy S. Healy, a Jesuit priest. Sure enough, when the door opened, the big, bulky...
...Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev agreed to hold a summit in the United States sometime in June, both Harvard and Brown Universities reportedly tried to lure the Soviet leader for speaking engagements. Since Harvard has prominent research centers for both European and Russian Studies, and since Brown President Vartan Gregorian is said to have close ties to Soviet officials, many believed Gorbachev would accept one of the invitations. As it turns out, Gorby snubbed both Harvard and Brown, instead choosing to visit Stanford, home of the notoriously conservative Hoover Institute. Gorbachev said he chose Stanford because his foreign minister...
Some critics complain that these new roles, while worthy, have taken libraries too far from their traditional mission of providing information. "If you love everything, you love nothing," grumbles Brown University president Vartan Gregorian, former head of the New York Public Library. Perhaps. But voters across the country are making it clear that modern, multifunctional libraries are something they are more than willing to support...
Incidents of racial harassment are continuing to escalate at Brown University, despite President Vartan Gregorian's pledge Saturday to expel students involved in the attacks...
...Vartan Gregorian, newly installed president of Brown University, last week decried the poor quality of America's public schools. An excerpt...